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lycine

American  
[lahy-seen] / ˈlaɪ sin /

noun

Chemistry.

  1. betaine.

Etymology

Origin of lycine

1860–65; < Greek lýk ( ion ) buckthorn + -ine 2

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A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beetroot molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; Ð called also lycine and oxyneurine.

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