Casein Definition

kāsēn, -sē-ĭn
noun
A phosphoprotein that is one of the chief constituents of milk and the basis of cheese: used in plastics, glues, etc.
Webster's New World

(biochemistry) A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom found in milk or in the seeds of leguminous plants.

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  • casein paint

Other Word Forms of Casein

Noun

Singular:
casein
Plural:
caseins

Origin of Casein

  • Ultimately from Latin cāseus cheese

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French caséine.

    From Wiktionary

Casein Sentence Examples

  • By the rennet ferment caseinogen is converted into casein, a substance resembling caseinogen in being soluble in water, but differing in having an insoluble calcium salt.

  • The formation of casein involves the curdling of milk.

  • The casein, which forms the principal constituent of cheese, and a certain proportion of albumen which is present, form the nitrogenous, while the complex saline substances and water are the mineral constituents.

  • Triferrin is a paranucleinate of iron, and contains 22% of iron and 21% of organically combined phosphorus, prepared from the casein of cow's milk.

  • Another environmental trigger in cow's milk is thought to be a protein called casein (8 ).

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