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dipeptide
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di·pep·tide (d-pptd)
n.
A peptide that, on hydrolysis, yields two amino acid molecules.

dipeptide,
an organic compound formed by the union of two amino acids, with the link provided by the carboxyl group of one molecule and the amine group of the other.


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