Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tyramine

/ˈtaɪ.ɹəˌmiːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: tyra-mine
IPA: /ˈtaɪ.ɹəˌmiːn/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A compound which occurs naturally in cheese and other foods and can cause dangerously high blood pressure in people taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Blend of tyrosine + amine.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtaɪ.ɹəˌmiːn/
British English: /ˈtʌɪ.ɹəm.iːn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

tyramines (plural)

Derived Forms

methyltyramine tyraminergic

Questions

How do you pronounce tyramine?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtaɪ.ɹəˌmiːn/.
What does tyramine mean?: A compound which occurs naturally in cheese and other foods and can cause dangerously high blood pressure in people taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor.
Where does tyramine come from?: Blend of tyrosine + amine.

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