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spermine

spermine noun: a polyamine, N,N'-bis(3-aminopropyl) butane-1,4-diamine, originally extracted from sperm, that is involved in cellular metabolism.

Noun

spermine (countable and uncountable, plural spermines)

  1. A polyamine, N,N'-bis(3-aminopropyl) butane-1,4-diamine, originally extracted from sperm, that is involved in cellular metabolism.

Forms of spermine

pluralspermines

Origin of spermine

From sperm + -ine.

Words formed from spermine

Questions about spermine

What does spermine mean?
Spermine means a polyamine, N,N'-bis(3-aminopropyl) butane-1,4-diamine, originally extracted from sperm, that is involved in cellular metabolism.
What part of speech is spermine?
Spermine is a noun.
What is the plural of spermine?
The plural of spermine is spermines.

Words near spermine in the dictionary

  1. spermiest
  2. spermin
  3. sperminated
  4. sperminator
  5. sperminators
  6. spermine
  7. spermines
  8. sperming
  9. spermio-
  10. spermiogeneses
  11. spermiogenesis

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