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ryanodine

UK/rʌɪˈæn.əd.iːn/US/raɪˈæn.əˌdiːn/

ryanodine noun: a poisonous alkaloid which occurs in the stems of the tropical American shrub Ryania speciosa (family Flacourtiaceae) and has been used as an insecticide and in experimental studies of calcium release within cells.

Noun

ryanodine (countable and uncountable, plural ryanodines)

  1. A poisonous alkaloid which occurs in the stems of the tropical American shrub Ryania speciosa (family Flacourtiaceae) and has been used as an insecticide and in experimental studies of calcium release within cells.

Forms of ryanodine

pluralryanodines

Origin of ryanodine

From Translingual Ryania + English d + -ine.

Questions about ryanodine

What does ryanodine mean?
Ryanodine means a poisonous alkaloid which occurs in the stems of the tropical American shrub Ryania speciosa (family Flacourtiaceae) and has been used as an insecticide and in experimental studies of calcium release within cells.
What part of speech is ryanodine?
Ryanodine is a noun.
How do you pronounce ryanodine?
Ryanodine is pronounced /rʌɪˈæn.əd.iːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of ryanodine?
The plural of ryanodine is ryanodines.

Words near ryanodine in the dictionary

  1. Ryana
  2. Ryanggang
  3. Ryann
  4. Ryanne
  5. Ryannes
  6. ryanodine
  7. ryanodines
  8. ryanoid
  9. ryanoids
  10. ryanotoxin
  11. Ryans

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