lysine

English

Etymology

lysis +‎ -ine, in reference to its tendency to participate in catalysis.

Noun

lysine (countable and uncountable, plural lysines)

(biochemistry) An essential amino acid, C₆H₁₄N₂O₂.

Synonyms

Lys

Translations

essential amino acid, C₆H₁₄N₂O₂

Catalan: lisina
Chinese:
Mandarin: 賴氨酸 (zh), 赖氨酸 (zh) (lài'ānsuān) (Mainland China), 離胺酸, 离胺酸 (lí'ānsuān) (Taiwan)
Czech: lysin
Dutch: lysine (nl)
Esperanto: lizino
Finnish: lysiini
French: lysine (fr) f
German: Lysin (de) n
Greek: λυσίνη (el) f (lysíni)
Hebrew: ליזין‎‎ (lisin)
Hungarian: lizin
Ido: lisin
Italian: lisina (it)
Japanese: リシン (rishin)
Kabuverdianu:
ALUPEC: lizina

Badiu: lizina

São Vicente: lisina

Latin: lysina
Latvian: lizīns
Lithuanian: lisinas
Luxembourgish: Lysin
Persian: لیسین‎‎ (lisin)
Polish: lizyna f
Portuguese: lisina
Romanian: lizină (ro) f
Russian: лизин (ru) (lizin)
Spanish: lisina
Swedish: lysin (sv)
Turkish: lizin
Ukrainian: лізин (lizyn)

Anagrams

Insley, Linsey, Nisley, linsey, silyne

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Hyphenation: ly‧si‧ne

Noun

lysine f, m (uncountable)

lysine

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /li.zin/

Noun

lysine f (countable and uncountable, plural lysines)

lysine

Further reading

“lysine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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