| proteinaceous | <physiology> Of or related to protein; albuminous; proteid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| proteinaceous infectious particle | A proposed pathogen composedonly of protein with no detectable nucleic acid and which is responsible for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and kuru inhumans and scrapie in sheep. (09 Oct 1997) |