taurine
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See also: Taurine
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Latin taurīnus, from taurus (“bull”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]taurine (comparative more taurine, superlative most taurine)
- Pertaining to a bull; bull-like.
- 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
- I am the Ionian Minotaur, the mightiest
Of all Europa’s taurine progeny—
I am the old traditional Man-Bull;
Translations
[edit]bull-like
Etymology 2
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Taurine.svg/220px-Taurine.svg.png)
From taur(ocholic) + -ine.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]taurine (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry, biochemistry) An amino-sulfonic acid, NH2CH2CH2SO3H, that has regulatory functions in mammals.
- Synonym: tauric acid
Translations
[edit]amino-sulfonic acid
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]taurine
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]taurīne
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