arginine
Meaning of arginine
noun
a basic amino acid which is a constituent of most proteins. It is an essential nutrient in the diet of vertebrates.
late 19th century: from German Arginin, perhaps from Greek arginoeis ‘bright-shining, white’.
Information about arginine
- It is a name.
- The plural form of arginine is: arginines.
- Languages in which arginine is used:
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Hyphenation of arginine
argi-nine
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- arginine is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of arginine
Words that rhyme with arginine
Nine, nine, Alajouanine, AlphaNine, Geanine, Janine, Jeanine, Nanine, Phthalocyanine, acetylalanine, acetylalanylalanine, acetylphenylalanine, acetyltaurylphenylalanine, alanine, alanylalanine, alanylglycylalanine, alanylphenylalanine, allocyanine, allylrhodanine, amidinophenylalanine, aminmethoxyphenylalanine, aminoalanine, aminobutylalanine, aminomethylphenylalanine, aminophenylalanine, aminopteroylalanine, aminorhodanine, ancistrotanzanine, anilinoalanine, anilinorhodanine, aposafranine, arabinofuranosylguanine, arginylphenylalanine, aspartylalanine, aspartylphenylalanine, azidoalanine, azidophenylalanine, benzoylbuxahyrcanine, benzoylphenylalanine, benzylalanine, benzylaminododecylguanine, benzylguanine, benzylideneaminorhodanine, benzylidenerhodanine, benzyloxycarbonylalanine, benzyloxycarbonylphenylalanine, benzyloxycarbonylphenylalanylalanine, benzyloxycarbonylphenylalanylphenylalanine, benzyloxycarbonyltyrosylalanine, benzyloxyguanine