Histidine Definition

hĭstĭ-dēn, -dĭn
noun
A nonessential amino acid, C3H3N2CH2CH(NH)2COOH, that is essential for growth in infancy.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Histidine

Noun

Singular:
histidine
Plural:
histidines

Origin of Histidine

  • hist(o)– –id(e) –ine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • histo-

    From Wiktionary

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