"methionine" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /mɪˈθʌɪəniːn/ [UK], /mɪˈθʌɪənɪn/ [UK], /mɛˈθaɪəˌniːn/ [US], /-ˌnaɪn/ [US] Forms: methionines [plural]
Etymology: methyl + thio- + -n- + -ine Etymology templates: {{af|en|methyl|thio-|-n-|-ine}} methyl + thio- + -n- + -ine Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} methionine (countable and uncountable, plural methionines)
  1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) A lipotropic, sulphur-containing essential amino acid, C₅H₁₁NO₂S, found in most protein. Wikipedia link: methionine Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Amino acids, Organic compounds Synonyms: Met Derived forms: formyl methionine Translations (amino acid): مِيثِيُونِين (miṯiyunīn) [masculine] (Arabic), metionina [feminine] (Catalan), 蛋氨酸 (dàn'ānsuān) (Chinese Mandarin), 甲硫氨酸 (jiǎliú'ānsuān) (Chinese Mandarin), methionin [masculine] (Czech), methionine (Dutch), metionino (Esperanto), metioniini (Finnish), méthionine [feminine] (French), Methionin (German), μεθιονίνη (methioníni) [feminine] (Greek), מתיונין (Hebrew), metionin (Hungarian), metionina (Indonesian), metionina [feminine] (Italian), メチオニン (mechionin) (Japanese), 메티오닌 (metionin) (Korean), metionīns (Latvian), metioninas (Lithuanian), Methionin (Luxembourgish), metionin [masculine] (Norwegian), metionina [feminine] (Occitan), متیونین (metiyonin) (Persian), metionina [feminine] (Polish), metionina [feminine] (Portuguese), metionină [feminine] (Romanian), метиони́н (metionín) [masculine] (Russian), метионин [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), metionin [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), metionín [masculine] (Slovak), metionina [feminine] (Spanish), metionin [common-gender] (Swedish), metiyonin (Turkish), метіонін (metionin) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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      "word": "метіонін"
    }
  ],
  "word": "methionine"
}

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