taurine
Structure diagram of taurine
Meanings
Adjective
- Pertaining to a bull; bull-like.
Noun
- An amino-sulfonic acid, NH2CH2CH2SO3H, that has regulatory functions in mammals.
Origin
- From Latin taurinus, from taurus.
- taurocholic + -ine
Modern English dictionary
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