释义 |
tyro·sine \-ˌsēn, -_sə̇n\ noun (-s) Etymology: irregular from Greek tyros cheese + International Scientific Vocabulary -ine — more at butter 1. : a crystalline phenolic alpha-amino acid HOC6H4CH2CH(NH2)COOH obtained in its levorotatory l form by the hydrolysis of proteins (as casein or fibroin) and also made synthetically in the racemic form; para-hydroxy-phenylalanine 2. : either of two crystalline acids that are ortho and meta isomers of tyrosine — compare diiodotyrosine, dopa, thyronine |