any of a group of compounds consisting of two or more amino acids linked by chemical bonding between their respective carboxyl and amino groups
See also peptide bond, polypeptide
peptide in American English
(ˈpɛpˌtaɪd)
noun
any of a group of compounds formed from two or more amino acids by the linkage of amino groups of some of the acids with carboxyl groups of others, or by the hydrolysis of proteins
Word origin
peptone + -ide
Examples of 'peptide' in a sentence
peptide
They could have made up one or more peptide sequences, running left to right, top to bottom, or in some other fashion, if arranged properly.