"casein" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkeɪ.siː.ɪn/ Forms: caseins [plural]
Etymology: From French caséine, formed from Latin cāseus (“cheese”) + -ine. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|caséine}} French caséine, {{der|en|la|cāseus||cheese}} Latin cāseus (“cheese”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} casein (countable and uncountable, plural caseins)
  1. (biochemistry) A protein present in both milk and in the seeds of leguminous plants Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Proteins Synonyms: legumine [archaic], caseine [dated] Translations (protein): caseïna [feminine] (Catalan), 酪蛋白 (làodànbái) (Chinese Mandarin), kasein [masculine] (Czech), kasein [neuter] (Danish), kazeino (Esperanto), kaseiini (Finnish), caséine [feminine] (French), caseína [feminine] (Galician), kazeino (Ido), caseina [feminine] (Italian), 乾酪素 (kanrakuso) (alt: かんらくそ) (Japanese), казеи́н (kazeín) [masculine] (Macedonian), kasein [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kasein [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), کازئین (kâze'-in) (Persian), kazeina [feminine] (Polish), caseína [feminine] (Portuguese), caseína [feminine] (Spanish), kasein [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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