taurine

From Latin taurīnus, from taurus (“bull”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːɹaɪn/

taurine (comparative more taurine, superlative most taurine)

1. Pertaining to a bull; bull-like.
   • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:

     I am the Ionian Minotaur, the mightiest
     Of all Europa’s taurine progeny—
     I am the old traditional Man-Bull;

From taur(ocholic) +‎ -ine.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːɹiːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiːn

taurine (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry, biochemistry) An amino-sulfonic acid, NH₂CH₂CH₂SO₃H, that has regulatory functions in mammals.

   Synonym: tauric acid

   • 2023 June 8, Elie Dolgin, “From Energy Drinks to Extending Life? Supplement Slows Aging in Mice and Monkeys”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Researchers found that a high daily dose of taurine, an amino acid commonly added to energy drinks and naturally found in various foods, helped to delay death and mitigate against the biological ravages of aging.

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• Iturean, ruinate, uranite, urinate

taurine

1. feminine plural of taurino

• Rutenia, unterai, uretani, urinate, uterina

taurīne

1. vocative masculine singular of taurīnus