"misfold" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɪsˈfoʊld/ [verb], /ˈmɪsfoʊld/ [noun] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misfold.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misfold2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: misfolds [plural]
Etymology: mis- + fold Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|fold}} mis- + fold Head templates: {{en-noun}} misfold (plural misfolds)
  1. An incorrect or abnormal folding.
    Sense id: en-misfold-en-noun-NJBggAY4

Verb

IPA: /mɪsˈfoʊld/ [verb], /ˈmɪsfoʊld/ [noun] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misfold.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misfold2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: misfolds [present, singular, third-person], misfolding [participle, present], misfolded [participle, past], misfolded [past]
Etymology: mis- + fold Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|fold}} mis- + fold Head templates: {{en-verb}} misfold (third-person singular simple present misfolds, present participle misfolding, simple past and past participle misfolded)
  1. (biochemistry) (of a protein or nucleic acid) To fold into an unusual or incorrect tertiary structure; misfolded proteins occur in various diseases, including amyloidoses and dementias, although the question of causation versus consequence is not yet definitively answered for dementias. Categories (topical): Biochemistry
    Sense id: en-misfold-en-verb-kgy-XAds Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 13 87 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 25 75 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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