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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
peptide /ˈpɛptʌɪd/

▶noun Biochemistry a compound consisting of two or more amino acids linked in a chain.

– origin early 20th cent.: from Ger. Peptid, back-form. from Polypeptid ‘polypeptide’.

'peptide' also found in these Oxford entries:

dipeptide - exon - gastrin - glucagon - -ide - oligopeptide - proteinase - vasopressin - VIP

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