"asparagine" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From French asparagine, from Latin asparagus + French -ine. By surface analysis, asparagus + -ine. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|asparagine}} French asparagine, {{der|en|la|asparagus}} Latin asparagus, {{der|en|fr|-ine}} French -ine, {{surf|en|asparagus|-ine}} By surface analysis, asparagus + -ine Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} asparagine (uncountable)
  1. (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid C₄H₈N₂O₃ found in plants such as asparagus. Wikipedia link: asparagine Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Amino acids Synonyms: Asn, aspargine Derived forms: asparaginase, asparaginic, asparaginyl, isoasparagine, polyasparagine Translations (nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3): asparagina [feminine] (Catalan), 天冬酰胺 (english: tin¹ dung¹ sin¹ on¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 天冬酰胺 (tiāndōngxiān'àn) (Chinese Mandarin), asparagin [masculine] (Czech), asparagino (Esperanto), asparagiini (Finnish), asparagine [feminine] (French), Asparagin [neuter] (German), ασπαραγίνη (asparagíni) [feminine] (Greek), aszparagin (Hungarian), asparagino (Ido), アスパラギン (asuparagin) (Japanese), аспарагин (asparagin) (Kazakh), asparagina [feminine] (Polish), asparagina [feminine] (Portuguese), asparagină [feminine] (Romanian), asparagina [feminine] (Spanish)

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