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gerontine

gerontine noun: a substance isolated from liver, later identified as spermine.

Noun

gerontine (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A substance isolated from liver, later identified as spermine.

Origin of gerontine

From geronto- + -ine.

Questions about gerontine

What does gerontine mean?
Gerontine means a substance isolated from liver, later identified as spermine.
What part of speech is gerontine?
Gerontine is a noun.

Words near gerontine in the dictionary

  1. gerontechnology
  2. gerontes
  3. gerontic
  4. geronticide
  5. geronticides
  6. gerontine
  7. gerontism
  8. geronto-
  9. gerontocentric
  10. gerontocide
  11. gerontocides

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