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tyramine

UK/ˈtʌɪ.ɹəm.iːn/US/ˈtaɪ.ɹəˌmiːn/

tyramine noun: a compound which occurs naturally in cheese and other foods and can cause dangerously high blood pressure in people taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor.

tyramine: a compound which occurs naturally in cheese and other foods and can cause dangerously high blood...
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Noun

tyramine (countable and uncountable, plural tyramines)

  1. A compound which occurs naturally in cheese and other foods and can cause dangerously high blood pressure in people taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor.

Forms of tyramine

pluraltyramines

Origin of tyramine

Blend of tyrosine + amine.

Words formed from tyramine

Questions about tyramine

What does tyramine mean?
Tyramine means a compound which occurs naturally in cheese and other foods and can cause dangerously high blood pressure in people taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor.
What part of speech is tyramine?
Tyramine is a noun.
How do you pronounce tyramine?
Tyramine is pronounced /ˈtʌɪ.ɹəm.iːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of tyramine?
The plural of tyramine is tyramines.

Words near tyramine in the dictionary

  1. typy
  2. Tyr
  3. Tyra
  4. tyramide
  5. tyramides
  6. tyramine
  7. tyraminergic
  8. tyramines
  9. tyran
  10. tyrancy
  11. tyranfish

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