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selenocystine

selenocystine noun: a selenoamino acid derived from cystine.

Noun

selenocystine (uncountable)

  1. A selenoamino acid derived from cystine

Origin of selenocystine

From seleno- + cystine.

Questions about selenocystine

What does selenocystine mean?
Selenocystine means a selenoamino acid derived from cystine.
What part of speech is selenocystine?
Selenocystine is a noun.

Words near selenocystine in the dictionary

  1. selenocystathionine
  2. selenocystein
  3. selenocysteine
  4. selenocysteines
  5. selenocysteinyl
  6. selenocystine
  7. selenodesy
  8. selenodetic
  9. selenodiglutathione
  10. selenodisulfide
  11. selenodont

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