PROTAMINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does protamine mean? 

• PROTAMINE (noun)
  The noun PROTAMINE has 1 sense:

1. a simple protein found in fish sperm; rich in arginine; simpler in composition than globulin or albumin; counteracts the anticoagulant effect of heparin

  Familiarity information: PROTAMINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTAMINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A simple protein found in fish sperm; rich in arginine; simpler in composition than globulin or albumin; counteracts the anticoagulant effect of heparin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("protamine" is a kind of...):

simple protein (a protein that yields only amino acids when hydrolyzed)

 Context examples 

Administered once or twice daily, NPH (neutral protamine hagedorn) insulin lowers blood glucose within 1 to 2 hours after administration and exerts a peak effect at 6 to 10 hours.

(Insulin, NPH, NCI Thesaurus)