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肽 is a modern phonosemantic compound coined to translate the scientific term "peptide", meaning a short chain of amino acids. It combines the meat radical ⺼ (written as 月) on the left, which categorizes it among words for flesh, bodily substances, and biochemical compounds, with the phonetic component 太 on the right that supplies the pronunciation. Created to serve advancements in modern chemistry and biology, its usage is confined to scientific literature, nutritional labeling, and medical terminology; it has no prior classical or historical meanings.
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