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Word: Cystine
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from Greek kustis ‘bladder’ (because it was first isolated from urinary calculi) + -ine
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈsɪstiːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a compound which is an oxidized dimer of cysteine and is the form in which cysteine often occurs in organic tissue.
Short Definition:compound which is oxidized dimer of cysteine and is form
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