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buthionine

buthionine noun: an amino acid whose sulfoximine is used in chemotherapy.

Noun

buthionine (uncountable)

  1. An amino acid whose sulfoximine is used in chemotherapy

Questions about buthionine

What does buthionine mean?
Buthionine means an amino acid whose sulfoximine is used in chemotherapy.
What part of speech is buthionine?
Buthionine is a noun.

Words near buthionine in the dictionary

  1. Buth
  2. buthalital
  3. buthid
  4. buthids
  5. buthiobate
  6. buthionine
  7. Buths
  8. Butiaba
  9. butibufen
  10. butidrine
  11. butifarra

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