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glycine

/ˈɡlaɪˌsin/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.61 in modern English

Syllables
glycine
IPA
/ˈɡlaɪˌsin/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nonessential amino acid, amino-acetic acid, C₂H₅NO₂ found in most proteins but especially in sugar cane; the simplest amino acid.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English glycine From Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s, “sweet”) + English -ine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

glycines (plural)

Derived Forms

alkylglycine allylglycine cefaloglycin choloylglycine cholylglycine decaglycine dehydroglycine diglycine dimethylglycine glycinal glycinamide glycinate

Phrases

insulin glargine

Synonyms

aminoacetic acid E640 Gly

Questions

How do you pronounce glycine?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡlaɪˌsin/.
What does glycine mean?
A nonessential amino acid, amino-acetic acid, C₂H₅NO₂ found in most proteins but especially in sugar cane; the simplest amino acid.
Where does glycine come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English glycine From Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s, “sweet”) + English -ine.

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