"allicin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈælɪsən/ Forms: allicins [plural]
Etymology: Latin allium (“garlic”) + -cin (“produced by bacteria”, modeled after -mycin, -cin). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|allium|cin|lang1=la|pos2=modeled after <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">-mycin</i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">-cin</i>|t1=garlic|t2=produced by bacteria}} Latin allium (“garlic”) + -cin (“produced by bacteria”, modeled after -mycin, -cin) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} allicin (countable and uncountable, plural allicins)
  1. (organic chemistry) An organic compound, diallyl thiosulfinate, obtained from garlic, with a variety of medicinal and antibacterial properties. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds Related terms: allin Coordinate_terms (sulfur compounds from garlic): ajoene Translations (organic compound): allicine (Dutch), allisiini (Finnish), Allicin (German), allicina (Italian), allicyna (Polish), alicina [feminine] (Portuguese), alicina [feminine] (Spanish), allicin (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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