hemiprotein Meaning, Definition & Usage

Hem`i*pro"te*in noun
Etymology
Hemi- + protein.
Definitions
  1. (Physiol. Chem.) An insoluble, proteid substance, described by Schützenberger, formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone.

Webster 1913