"tryptamine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tryptamines [plural]
Etymology: By surface analysis, tryptophan + amine. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|tryptophan|amine}} By surface analysis, tryptophan + amine Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tryptamine (countable and uncountable, plural tryptamines)
  1. (uncountable, biochemistry) a heterocyclic amine found in both plant and animal tissue, where it is an intermediate in several metabolic schemes. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Biochemistry
    Sense id: en-tryptamine-en-noun-tX5XCxe- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -amine, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -amine: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (countable, medicine) Any of a class of neurotransmitters and psychedelic drugs derived from this compound. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-tryptamine-en-noun-dcYaGB1S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Meronyms: indole Derived forms: 5-hydroxytryptamine, isotryptamine

Inflected forms

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