"sphingine" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more sphingine [comparative], most sphingine [superlative]
Etymology: From (the stem of) Latin sphinx + -ine. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|sphinx}} Latin sphinx, {{suffix|en||ine}} + -ine Head templates: {{en-adj}} sphingine (comparative more sphingine, superlative most sphingine)
  1. (rare) Sphinx-like. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-sphingine-en-adj-7DzSMICR

Noun

Forms: sphingines [plural]
Etymology: From (the stem of) Latin sphinx + -ine. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|sphinx}} Latin sphinx, {{suffix|en||ine}} + -ine Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sphingine (countable and uncountable, plural sphingines)
  1. (organic chemistry) The amino alcohol 2-amino-octadecanol CH₃(CH₂)₁₅-CH(NH₂)-CH₂OH related to sphingosine; any related amino alcohol Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds
    Sense id: en-sphingine-en-noun-hQDVXhT7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ine, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ine: 34 66 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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