gliadin means A minor protein (along with gluten and glutelin) in wheat; it may cause a toxic reaction in some people. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
gliadin is pronounced /ˈɡlaɪədɪn/.
noun
- A minor protein (along with gluten and glutelin) in wheat; it may cause a toxic reaction in some people.“Most of the gluten proteins, the gliadins and the glutenins, are around a thousand amino acids long. The gliadin chains fold onto themselves in a compact mass, and bond weakly with each other and with the glutenin proteins.”