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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

octapeptide

/(ŏk`tŭ*pĕp"tīd)/ · oc·ta·pep·tide · IPA
01 n. A molecule composed of eight amino acid units bound to each other by peptide bonds, usually in a linear array. See octamer.
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    A molecule composed of eight amino acid units bound to each other by peptide bonds, usually in a linear array. See octamer.(Chem.) See: octamer