Hydroxyproline

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hydroxy derivative of the amino acid proline found in the structural proteins of connective tissue countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a crystalline amino acid obtained from gelatin or collagen wordnet

Etymology

From hydroxy + proline.

Related phrases

amino acid

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