polyglutamine

English

Etymology

poly- +‎ glutamine

Adjective

polyglutamine (not comparable)

1. Involving more than one glutamine; (medicine) applied to a class of trinucleotide repeat disorder.

Derived terms

• polyglutamine disease
• polyglutamine tract

Noun

polyglutamine (plural polyglutamines)

1. A polymer of glutamine