Taber's Medical Dictionary
protamine
(prōt′ă-mēn″ )
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1. One of a class of simple proteins that are strongly basic, noncoagulable in heat, and yield diamino acids when hydrolyzed.
2. An amine isolated from spermatozoa and the spawn of fish, and named for the fish from which it is derived.
SEE: salmin(e)
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Protamine." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753406/all/protamine.
Protamine. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753406/all/protamine. Accessed April 19, 2026.
Protamine. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753406/all/protamine
Protamine [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 19]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753406/all/protamine.
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