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ornithines

ornithines is the plural of ornithine.

Meaning of ornithine

Noun

ornithine (countable and uncountable, plural ornithines)

  1. An amino acid, 2,5-diaminopentanoic acid, that is not present in protein, but is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of urea (the urea cycle).

Questions about ornithines

What is ornithines the plural of?
Ornithines is the plural of ornithine.

Words near ornithines in the dictionary

  1. ornithine
  2. ornithine carbamoyltransferase
  3. ornithine cycle
  4. ornithine transcarbamylase
  5. ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency
  6. ornithines
  7. ornithischian
  8. ornithischians
  9. ornithivorous
  10. ornitho-
  11. ornithocheirid

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