Associations to the word «Casein»

Wiktionary

CASEIN, noun. (biochemistry) A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom found in milk or in the seeds of leguminous plants.

Dictionary definition

CASEIN, noun. A milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives.
CASEIN, noun. A water-base paint made with a protein precipitated from milk.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats