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Webster 1913 Edition


Hemiprotein

Hemˊi-pro′te-in

,
Noun.
[
Hemi-
+
protein
.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
An insoluble, proteid substance, described by Schützenberger, formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone.