gluten

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").
Any gluey, sticky substance.
The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread.
A gluey, sticky mass of clay, bitumen etc.

/ˈɡluːtən/ /ˈɡluːtn̩/ en-us-gluten.ogg

gluten glutens

From Middle French gluten, borrowed from Latin glūten (“glue”).

gluta- glutamic glutinaceous glutinous

antigluten glutard glutelin gluten bread gluten casein gluten fibrin gluten-free glutenfree glutenin glutenless gluteny glutinoid nongluten

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