Etymology

polylysine

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Today it means: A polypeptide (or section of a protein) consisting only of lysine residues Full definition →

English lysine ← Latin lysis ← Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Ancient Greekλῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)
  6. Latinlysis
  7. Englishlysis
  8. Englishlysine
  9. English todaypolylysine

From poly- + lysine.

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