"chitin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkaɪtɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chitin.wav Forms: chitins [plural]
enPR: kīʹtĭn Rhymes: -aɪtɪn Etymology: From French chitine, from Latin chitōn (“mollusk”), from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn). See also chiton. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|chitine}} French chitine, {{der|en|la|chitōn||mollusk}} Latin chitōn (“mollusk”), {{der|en|grc|χιτών}} Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chitin (countable and uncountable, plural chitins)
  1. (biochemistry) A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans. Wikipedia link: chitin Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Carbohydrates Translations (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi): խիտին (xitin) (Armenian), хитин (hitin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), quitina [feminine] (Catalan), 甲殼素 (Chinese Mandarin), 甲壳素 (jiǎqiàosù) (Chinese Mandarin), 幾丁質 (Chinese Mandarin), 几丁质 (jīdīngzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), chitin [masculine] (Czech), kitino (Esperanto), kitiini (Finnish), chitine [feminine] (French), Chitin (German), कठिनि (kaṭhini) (Hindi), kitin (Indonesian), chitina [feminine] (Italian), キチン (kichin) (Japanese), ಕೈಟಿನ್ (kaiṭin) (Kannada), хитин (xitin) (Kazakh), 키틴 (kitin) (Korean), 갑각소 (gapgakso) (alt: 甲殼素) (Korean), хитин (hitin) [masculine] (Macedonian), kitin (Malay), quitina [feminine] (Occitan), کیتین (Persian), quitina [feminine] (Portuguese), chitină [feminine] (Romanian), хити́н (xitín) [masculine] (Russian), hitin [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), quitina [feminine] (Spanish), கைட்டின் (kaiṭṭiṉ) (Tamil), ไคทิน (Thai), ไคติน (Thai), kitin (Turkish), хіти́н (xitýn) [masculine] (Ukrainian), xitin (Uzbek)

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          "ref": "1880, Arthur Gamgee, A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body, Macmillan, page 299:",
          "text": "Chitin usually occurs throughout Invertebrates in the form of an investment to the outermost cellular layer or ectoderm.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 September 11, New Scientist, page 19:",
          "text": "The robot’s energy source is the sugar in the polysaccharide called chitin that makes up a fly’s exoskeleton.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "polysaccharide",
          "polysaccharide"
        ],
        [
          "polymer",
          "polymer"
        ],
        [
          "acetylglucosamine",
          "acetylglucosamine"
        ],
        [
          "exoskeleton",
          "exoskeleton"
        ],
        [
          "arthropod",
          "arthropod"
        ],
        [
          "fungi",
          "fungi"
        ],
        [
          "asthma",
          "asthma"
        ]
      ],
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        "(biochemistry) A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "chitin"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "enpr": "kīʹtĭn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaɪtɪn/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪtɪn"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xitin",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "խիտին"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hitin",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хитин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "quitina"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "甲殼素"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎqiàosù",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "甲壳素"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "幾丁質"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīdīngzhì",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "几丁质"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chitin"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "kitino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "kitiini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chitine"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "Chitin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kaṭhini",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "कठिनि"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "kitin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chitina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kichin",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "キチン"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "kaiṭin",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "ಕೈಟಿನ್"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "xitin",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "хитин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kitin",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "키틴"
    },
    {
      "alt": "甲殼素",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gapgakso",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "갑각소"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "hitin",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хитин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "kitin"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "quitina"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "کیتین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "quitina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chitină"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xitín",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хити́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hitin"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "quitina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kaiṭṭiṉ",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "கைட்டின்"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "ไคทิน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "ไคติน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "kitin"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xitýn",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хіти́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi",
      "word": "xitin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chitin"
}

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