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hypoglycin

hypoglycin noun: a toxic organic compound related to lycine, found in Blighia sapida (ackee fruit), causing hypoglycemia, and responsible for Jamaican vomiting sickness.

Noun

hypoglycin (countable and uncountable, plural hypoglycins)

  1. A toxic organic compound related to lycine, found in Blighia sapida (ackee fruit), causing hypoglycemia, and responsible for Jamaican vomiting sickness.

Forms of hypoglycin

pluralhypoglycins

Origin of hypoglycin

From hypoglycemia + -in.

Words formed from hypoglycin

  • hypoglycin A

Questions about hypoglycin

What does hypoglycin mean?
Hypoglycin means a toxic organic compound related to lycine, found in Blighia sapida (ackee fruit), causing hypoglycemia, and responsible for Jamaican vomiting sickness.
What part of speech is hypoglycin?
Hypoglycin is a noun.
What is the plural of hypoglycin?
The plural of hypoglycin is hypoglycins.

Words near hypoglycin in the dictionary

  1. hypoglycemic
  2. hypoglycemic diet
  3. hypoglycemic diets
  4. hypoglycemically
  5. hypoglycemics
  6. hypoglycin
  7. hypoglycine
  8. hypoglycines
  9. hypoglycins
  10. hypoglycorrhachia
  11. hypoglycorrhacia

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