Synonyms for "cysteine" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

amino acidcys

Strong matches (2)

Noun(1 words)

cys when viewed as a monomer in proteins

e910

Related words (3)

Noun(2 words)

e910 when used as a food additivee920 when used as an improving agent

e920

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

2 entries

amino acidaminoalkanoic acid

Synonyms

3 entries

cyse910e920

Related terms

1 entries

homocysteine

derived

19 entries

acetylcysteinecysteiccysteinalcysteinatecysteinelesscysteinyldacisteinedicysteineglutamylcysteineguaisteineintercysteineisoprenylcysteinemecysteinemoguisteinenitrosocysteinepolycysteine

Showing 16 of 19 words.

has context

1 entries

amino acid

is a

4 entries

amino acidchemical compoundnonessential amino aciduncharged polar amino acid

related to

7 entries

animalcontainingcystinenonessential amino acidoxidizeproteinsulphur

Translations

24 translations across 24 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries

• цистеин noun (nonessential amino acid)

Catalan

1 entries

• cisteïna noun (nonessential amino acid)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 半胱氨酸 noun (nonessential amino acid)

Czech

1 entries

• cystein noun (nonessential amino acid)

Danish

1 entries

• cystein noun (nonessential amino acid)

Esperanto

1 entries

• cisteino noun (nonessential amino acid)

Finnish

1 entries

• kysteiini noun (nonessential amino acid)

French

1 entries

• cystéine noun (nonessential amino acid)

Galician

1 entries

• cisteína noun (nonessential amino acid)

German

1 entries

• Cystein noun (nonessential amino acid)

Greek

1 entries

• κυστεΐνη noun (nonessential amino acid)

Hungarian

1 entries

• cisztein noun (nonessential amino acid)

Italian

1 entries

• cisteina noun (nonessential amino acid)

Japanese

1 entries

• システイン noun (nonessential amino acid)

Kazakh

1 entries

• цистеин noun (nonessential amino acid)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

• цистеин noun (nonessential amino acid)

Mongolian

1 entries

• цистейн noun (nonessential amino acid)

Persian

1 entries

• سیستئین noun (nonessential amino acid)

Polish

1 entries

• cysteina noun (nonessential amino acid)

Portuguese

1 entries

• cisteína noun (nonessential amino acid)

Romanian

1 entries

• cisteină noun (nonessential amino acid)

Russian

1 entries

• цистеи́н noun (nonessential amino acid)

Spanish

1 entries

• cisteína noun (nonessential amino acid)

Swedish

1 entries

• cystein noun (nonessential amino acid)

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