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thyronine

thyronine noun: a phenolic amino acid that occurs naturally only in the iodinated form of thyroxine.

Noun

thyronine (countable and uncountable, plural thyronines)

  1. A phenolic amino acid that occurs naturally only in the iodinated form of thyroxine

Forms of thyronine

pluralthyronines

Words formed from thyronine

Questions about thyronine

What does thyronine mean?
Thyronine means a phenolic amino acid that occurs naturally only in the iodinated form of thyroxine.
What part of speech is thyronine?
Thyronine is a noun.
What is the plural of thyronine?
The plural of thyronine is thyronines.

Words near thyronine in the dictionary

  1. thyromental
  2. thyromimetic
  3. thyromimetics
  4. thyronamine
  5. thyronamines
  6. thyronine
  7. thyronines
  8. thyroparathyroid
  9. thyroparathyroidectomies
  10. thyroparathyroidectomize
  11. thyroparathyroidectomized

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