lysine

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From lysis in reference to its tendency to participate in catalysis.

Noun

lysine (countable and uncountable; plural lysines)

1. (biochemistry) An essential amino acid C₆H₁₄N₂O₂.

Synonyms

• Lys

Translations

essential amino acid, C₆H₁₄N₂O₂

• Catalan: lisina
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 賴氨酸, simpl. 赖氨酸 (làiānsuān)

• Czech: lysin (cs)
• Dutch: lysine (nl)
• Esperanto: lizino (eo)
• Finnish: lysiini (fi)
• French: lysine (fr) f
• German: Lysin (de) n
• Greek: λυσίνη (el) (lysíni) f 
• Hebrew: ליזין (lisin)
• Hungarian: lizin (hu)
• Ido: lisin
• Italian: lisina (it)
• Japanese: リシン (ja) (rishin)
• Kabuverdianu:
  • ALUPEC or ALUPEK: lizina
  • Badiu: lizina
  • São Vicente: lisina

• Latin: lysina (la)
• Latvian: lizīns
• Lithuanian: lisinas
• Luxembourgish: Lysin
• Polish: lizyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: lisina (pt)
• Romanian: lizină (ro) f
• Russian: лизин (ru) (lizin) 
• Spanish: lisina (es)
• Swedish: lysin (sv)
• Turkish: lizin (tr)
• Ukrainian: лізин (lizyn)

Anagrams

• linsey
• silyne

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Dutch

Noun

lysine f, n (uncountable)

1. lysine

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French

Noun

lysine f

1. lysine