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glycine [glahy-seen, glahy-seen] ExamplesWord Origin noun Biochemistry.
- a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, H2NCH2COOH, the simplest amino acid: used chiefly in organic synthesis and biochemical research. Abbreviation: Gly; Symbol: G
Origin of glycine First recorded in 1850–55; glyc- + -ine2 Also called aminoacetic acid, gly·co·coll [glahy-kuh-kol] /ˈglaɪ kəˌkɒl/. Examples from the Web for glycine Historical Examples of glycine
Glycine chinénsis, is given to Wistèria, and is the finest climbing shrub of the phaseolious tribe.
The American Flower Garden Directory
Thomas Hibbert
Glycine frutéscens, a beautiful native climbing shrub, known in our gardens under that name, but is properly Wistèria frutéscens.
The American Flower Garden Directory
Thomas Hibbert
The chief cultivation appears to be Coix, Glycine, and some rice, but the produce seemed very small.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The
William Griffith
The only cultivation is potatoes, a few years since introduced, and which answers admirably, some turnips and Glycine tuberosa.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The
William Griffith
The plant generally known as Soja hispida is by modern botanists referred to Glycine soja.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882
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British Dictionary definitions for glycine glycine noun
- a nonessential amino acid occurring in most proteins that acts as a neurotransmitter; aminoacetic acid
Word Origin for glycine C19: glyco- + -ine ² glycine in Medicine glycine [glī′sēn′, -sĭn] n.
- A nonessential amino acid derived from the alkaline hydrolysis of gelatin and used as a nutrient and dietary supplement, also used in biochemical research and in the treatment of certain myopathies.
glycine in Science glycine [glī′sēn′, -sĭn]
- A nonessential amino acid. Glycine is the simplest amino acid. Chemical formula: C2H5NO2. See more at amino acid.