arginine en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɑːdʒɪniːn/ (UK)
- /ˈɑɹɡɪniːn/ (US)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An amino acid found in animal foods that plays an important role in several physiological processes.
Since arginine is a normal component and plays an important role in the glucose transport mechanism, arginates can easily serve as acceptors for glucose.
2010, Hans Nieper, The Curious Man: The Life and Works of Dr. Hans Nieper, page 67:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| arginines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
hyperargininemia · nitroarginine · oligoarginine · phosphoarginine · dimethylarginine · peptidylarginine · methylarginine · polyarginine · leucylarginine · insulin glargine · benzoylarginine · boroarginine · argininal · vinylarginine · dearginated · arginyl · diarginine · argininemia · homoarginine · arginase · ketoarginine · argipressin · hypoargininemia
Synonyms
Translations (37)
cmn 精氨酸 (an amino acid) · sh argìnīn (an amino acid) · fi arginiini (an amino acid) · ga argainín (an amino acid) · uk аргінін (an amino acid) · bg аргинин (an amino acid) · pt arginina (an amino acid) · ky аргинин (an amino acid) · fa آرژینین (an amino acid) · mn аргинин (an amino acid) · lt argininas (an amino acid) · kea arginina (an amino acid) · kea arjinina (an amino acid) · hu arginin (an amino acid) · nl arginine (an amino acid) · el αργινίνη (an amino acid) · lb Arginin (an amino acid) · sh аргѝнӣн (an amino acid) · gl arxinina (an amino acid) · it arginina (an amino acid) · lv arginīns (an amino acid) · sv arginin (an amino acid) · ro arginină (an amino acid) · he ארגינין (an amino acid) · sk arginín (an amino acid) · pl arginina (an amino acid) · ru аргини́н (an amino acid) · ja アルギニン (an amino acid) · la arginina (an amino acid) · kea arjinina (an amino acid) · de Arginin (an amino acid) · fr arginine (an amino acid) · tr arginin (an amino acid) · ca arginina (an amino acid) · kk аргинин (an amino acid) · cs arginin (an amino acid) · es arginina (an amino acid)