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sarcosine

sarcosine noun: the amino acid N-methyl-glycine; it is present in most tissue, and has a number of industrial applications.

Noun

sarcosine (uncountable)

  1. The amino acid N-methyl-glycine; it is present in most tissue, and has a number of industrial applications

Words formed from sarcosine

Questions about sarcosine

What does sarcosine mean?
Sarcosine means the amino acid N-methyl-glycine; it is present in most tissue, and has a number of industrial applications.
What part of speech is sarcosine?
Sarcosine is a noun.

Words near sarcosine in the dictionary

  1. sarcosin
  2. sarcosinaemia
  3. sarcosinase
  4. sarcosinate
  5. sarcosinates
  6. sarcosine
  7. sarcosinemia
  8. sarcosinemic
  9. sarcosinuria
  10. sarcosinuric
  11. sarcosis

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