arginine
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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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Noun[edit]
arginine (countable and uncountable, plural arginines)
- An amino acid found in animal foods that plays an important role in several physiological processes.
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an amino acid
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Noun[edit]
arginine f