Tyrosine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tyrosin \Tyr"o*sin\, n. [Gr. ? cheese.] (Physiol. Chem.)
     A white crystalline nitrogenous substance present in small
     amount in the pancreas and spleen, and formed in large
     quantity from the decomposition of proteid matter by various
     means, -- as by pancreatic digestion, by putrefaction as of
     cheese, by the action of boiling acids, etc. Chemically, it


     consists of oxyphenol and amidopropionic acid, and by
     decomposition yields oxybenzoic acid, or some other benzol
     derivative. [Written also {tyrosine}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tyrosine
       n : an amino acid found in most proteins; a precursor of several
           hormones