arginine

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From German Arginin, from Ancient Greek ἄργυρος (árguros, silver) and ἀργινόεις (arginóeis, silvery, brightly shining) in reference to arginine nitrate crystals' silver-white appearance when first refined from lupin seedlings by Ernst Schulze and Ernst Steiger in 1886.

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arginine (countable and uncountable, plural arginines)

  1. An amino acid found in animal foods that plays an important role in several physiological processes.

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arginine f

  1. plural of arginina

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