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chaperone noun

  /ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn/ , /ˈʃæ.pəˌɹəʊn/
  • An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
 esiliina, kaitsija
  • (biochemistry) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.
 kaitsijaproteiini, saperoni

chaperone verb

  /ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn/ , /ˈʃæ.pəˌɹəʊn/
  • To act as a chaperone.
 olla esiliinana (jollekin)
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