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taurine en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɔːɹaɪn/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin taurīnus, from taurus (“bull”).

Meanings

1. Pertaining to a bull; bull-like.
   • I am the Ionian Minotaur, the mightiest Of all Europa’s taurine progeny— I am the old traditional Man-Bull; 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:

Forms

Deriveds

antitaurine

Translations (8)

gl taurina (bull-like) · es taurino (bull-like) · gl taurino (bull-like) · it taurino (bull-like) · cy tarwaidd (bull-like) · ca taurí (bull-like) · pt taurina (bull-like) · pt taurino (bull-like)

taurine en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɔːɹiːn/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From taur(ocholic) + -ine.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) An amino-sulfonic acid, NH₂CH₂CH₂SO₃H, that has regulatory functions in mammals.
   • Researchers found that a high daily dose of taurine, an amino acid commonly added to energy drinks and naturally found in various foods, helped to delay death and mitigate against the biological ravages of aging. 2023 June 8, Elie Dolgin, “From Energy Drinks to Extending Life? Supplement Slows Aging in Mice and Monkeys”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

Deriveds

antitaurine · hypotaurine · taurinomethyl · choloyltaurine · homotaurine · cholyltaurine

Synonyms

tauric acid

Translations (16)

cmn 牛磺酸 (amino-sulfonic acid) · it taurina (amino-sulfonic acid) · es taurina (amino-sulfonic acid) · hy տաուրին (amino-sulfonic acid) · ru таури́н (amino-sulfonic acid) · ko 타우린 (amino-sulfonic acid) · de Taurin (amino-sulfonic acid) · ar تورين (amino-sulfonic acid) · ja タウリン (amino-sulfonic acid) · fi tauriini (amino-sulfonic acid) · cy tawrin (amino-sulfonic acid) · tr taurin (amino-sulfonic acid) · ca taurina (amino-sulfonic acid) · fr taurine (amino-sulfonic acid) · hu taurin (amino-sulfonic acid) · eo taŭrino (amino-sulfonic acid)