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Word entry · 8 letters

tyrosine

Best crossword clue

"Common amino acid"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted einorstyStarts with TEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2Y3R4O5S6I7N8E

Definitions

  1. an amino acid found in most proteins; a precursor of several hormones

Word origin

From Ancient Greek τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”) + -ine (since first discovered in cheese); surface analysis is approximately tyro- + -ine.

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