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Defensive proteid

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Proteid \Pro"te*id\, n.

   {Defensive proteid} (Physiol. Chem.), one of a class of
      proteid substances, present in some animal tissues and
      fluids, that make the body immune to certain infectious
      diseases by destroying or rendering inactive the toxic
      products of bacterial growth.
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