Proteid

prole-id, n. (Chem.) One of certain nitrog enous, amorphous principles (albumen, gluten fibrin, casein, etc.), forming the chief solid constitu ents of the blood, muscles, etc., of animals, and oc curring in almost every part of vegetables an al buminoid.— a. Of,or pert, to, etc. [Gr. >?oros(superL of pro, q. v.), and eidos, form.] — Protag'onist n. One who the leading part in a drama, or in any great enterprise, conflict, etc. [Gr. protos and agonistes, an actor, age in, to act, agon, contest.] — Prothon'otary, -thon'o-ta-rT, n. A chief notary or clerk; in some of the U. S., a register or chief clerk of a court. (Horn. Cath. Ch.) One of 12 persons constituting a college, who receive the last wills of cardinals, etc. [L. pro to no tar i us, Gr. protos and L. notarius, a scribe, notary.] — Pro'tocot n. Original copy of any writing, as of a treaty rough draught of an instrument or transaction a friendly diplomatic document designed to effect the peaceful accomplishment of diplomatic ends. [OF. pro to cole, LL. protocol lum, LateGr. protocoUon, first glued on, being the first leaf glued to rolls of papyrus and notarial documents, on which the date was written, Gr. protos and kolla, glue.]— Pro'tomar'- tyr, -mar'ter, n. The first martyr, Stephen first who suffers, or sacrificed, in any cause. [LateL.; Gr. martur, a martyr, a form of mart us, a witne .] — Pro'to plasm, -plazm, n. (Physiol.) A homogeneous structurele substance, forming the physical basis of life, contractile, and resembling albumen in chemical composition; cytoplasm; sarcode; germinal matter. [Gr. plasma, form, pla ein, to mold.]— Pro'top last, n. The thing formed, ag a copy to be imitated; an original.—Pro'to type, -tip, n. A model after which anything copied: pattern; exemplar; archetype. [Gr. tupos, type, model.] — Protozoan, -zo'an, n. An animal of the lowest cla , disting. by its simplicity of structure the protozoans include the sponges, and many so-called animalcules. [Gr. zoon, animal.] — Protozolc, a Of, or pert, to, etc.