Medical Dictionary

oligopeptide

noun oli·go·pep·tide \ˌäl-i-gō-ˈpep-ˌtīd, ˌō-li-\

Medical Definition of OLIGOPEPTIDE

:  a protein fragment or molecule that usually consists of less than 25 amino acid residues linked in a polypeptide chain

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