cysteine
Meaning of cysteine
noun
a sulphur-containing amino acid which occurs in keratins and other proteins, often in the form of cystine, and is a constituent of many enzymes.
late 19th century: from cystine + -eine (variant of -ine4).
Information about cysteine
- It is a name.
- The plural form of cysteine is: cysteines.
- Languages in which cysteine is used:
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Hyphenation of cysteine
cys-teine
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- cysteine is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with cysteine
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