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Arginine

//ˈɑɹɡɪniːn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An amino acid found in animal foods that plays an important role in several physiological processes. countable, uncountable

    "Since arginine is a normal component and plays an important role in the glucose transport mechanism, arginates can easily serve as acceptors for glucose."

  2. 2
    a bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition; its absence from the diet leads to a reduced production of spermatozoa wordnet

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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