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ethionine

ethionine noun: a toxic and carcinogenic non-proteinogenic amino acid structurally related to methionine, with an ethyl group in place of the methyl group.

Noun

ethionine (countable and uncountable, plural ethionines)

  1. A toxic and carcinogenic non-proteinogenic amino acid structurally related to methionine, with an ethyl group in place of the methyl group.

Forms of ethionine

pluralethionines

Questions about ethionine

What does ethionine mean?
Ethionine means a toxic and carcinogenic non-proteinogenic amino acid structurally related to methionine, with an ethyl group in place of the methyl group.
What part of speech is ethionine?
Ethionine is a noun.
What is the plural of ethionine?
The plural of ethionine is ethionines.

Words near ethionine in the dictionary

  1. ethion
  2. ethionamide
  3. ethionamides
  4. ethionic
  5. ethionic acid
  6. ethionine
  7. ethionines
  8. Ethiop
  9. ethiopathogenesis
  10. ethiopathogenetic
  11. ethiopathogenic

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