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cysteamine

cysteamine noun: the simplest stable aminothiol, a degradation product of the amino acid cysteine, used to treat cystine excretion disorders and radiation sickness.

Noun

cysteamine (countable and uncountable, plural cysteamines)

  1. The simplest stable aminothiol, a degradation product of the amino acid cysteine, used to treat cystine excretion disorders and radiation sickness.

Forms of cysteamine

pluralcysteamines

Questions about cysteamine

What does cysteamine mean?
Cysteamine means the simplest stable aminothiol, a degradation product of the amino acid cysteine, used to treat cystine excretion disorders and radiation sickness.
What part of speech is cysteamine?
Cysteamine is a noun.
What is the plural of cysteamine?
The plural of cysteamine is cysteamines.

Words near cysteamine in the dictionary

  1. cystathioninuria
  2. cystatin
  3. cystatine
  4. cystatines
  5. cystatins
  6. cysteamine
  7. cysteamines
  8. cystectomies
  9. cystectomized
  10. cystectomy
  11. cysted

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