"threonine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: threonines [plural]
Etymology: From threose. Etymology templates: {{m|en|threose}} threose Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} threonine (countable and uncountable, plural threonines)
  1. (biochemistry) An essential amino acid C₄H₉NO₃ found in most animal proteins. Wikipedia link: threonine Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Amino acids Synonyms: Thr Translations (an essential amino acid): treonina [feminine] (Catalan), 蘇氨酸 (Chinese Mandarin), 苏氨酸 (sū'ānsuān) (Chinese Mandarin), threonin [masculine] (Czech), treonino (Esperanto), treoniini (Finnish), thréonine [feminine] (French), treonina [feminine] (Galician), Threonin [neuter] (German), θρεονίνη (threoníni) [feminine] (Greek), treonin (Hungarian), treonina [feminine] (Italian), トレオニン (toreonin) (Japanese), treonina [feminine] (Polish), treonina [feminine] (Portuguese), треони́н (treonín) [masculine] (Russian), treonina [feminine] (Spanish), treonin (Swedish)

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