Etymology

spermine

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Today it means: A polyamine, N,N'-bis(3-aminopropyl) butane-1,4-diamine, originally extracted from sperm, that is involved in cellular metabolism. Full definition →

English sperm ← Middle English sperme
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  1. Middle Englishsperme
  2. Englishsperm
  3. English todayspermine

From sperm + -ine.

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