lycine

[lahy-seen]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Chemistry.

betaine.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lycine¹

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.