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arginine.

An amino acid found in animal foods that plays an important role in several physiological processes.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɑɹɡɪniːn/US/ˈɑːdʒɪniːn/UK
  1. An amino acid found in animal foods that plays an important role in several physiological processes.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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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