arginine
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Definition of arginine
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)An amino acid found in animal foods that plays an important role in several physiological processes.
“Since arginine is a normal component and plays an important role in the glucose transport mechanism, arginates can easily serve as acceptors for glucose.”
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Etymology
From German Arginin, from Ancient Greek ἄργυρος (árguros, “silver”) and ἀργινόεις (arginóeis, “silvery, brightly shining”) in reference to arginine nitrate crystals' silver-white appearance when first refined from lupin seedlings by Ernst Schulze and Ernst Steiger in 1886.
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103 playable · top: AGINNER (8 pts)
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