tyrosine

From Ancient Greek τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”) +‎ -ine (since first discovered in cheese); surface analysis is approximately tyro- +‎ -ine.

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tyrosine (countable and uncountable, plural tyrosines)

1. (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid found in most animal proteins, especially casein

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tyrosine f (plural tyrosines)

1. tyrosine

• “tyrosine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.