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tyrosine

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ????? (t?rós, cheese) +? -ine.

Noun

tyrosine (countable and uncountable, plural tyrosines)

  1. (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid found in most animal proteins, especially casein

Synonyms

  • Tyr

Translations

Anagrams

  • serotiny

French

Pronunciation

Noun

tyrosine f (plural tyrosines)

  1. tyrosine

Further reading

  • “tyrosine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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alkaptonuria

English

Alternative forms

  • alcaptonuria

Etymology

From alkapton +? -uria.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /æl?kæpt??n?????/

Noun

alkaptonuria (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
    • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 39:
      In his work at St Bartholomew's Hospital and Great Ormond Street in London, Garrod had come across a number of patients with a rare and not very serious disease, known as alkaptonuria.

Related terms

  • alkaptonuric

Translations

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