Meanings
plural arginines
- countableuncountableAn 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 67Synonyms: Arg
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn amino acid found in animal foods that plays an important role in several physiological processes.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἄργυρος“silver”
- GermanArginin
- Englisharginine
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.
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Bulgarian аргинин
- аргинин (arginin)an amino acid
Catalan arginina
- argininaan amino acid
Chinese Mandarin 精氨酸
- 精氨酸 (jīng'ānsuān)an amino acid
Czech arginin
- argininan amino acid
Dutch arginine
- argininean amino acid
Finnish arginiini
- arginiinian amino acid
French arginine
- argininean amino acid
German Arginin
- Argininan amino acid
Greek αργινίνη
- αργινίνη (arginíni)an amino acid
Hebrew ארגינין
- ארגינין (arginin)an amino acid
Hungarian arginin
- argininan amino acid
Irish argainín
- argainínan amino acid
Italian arginina
- argininaan amino acid
Japanese アルギニン
- アルギニン (aruginin)an amino acid
Latin arginina
- argininaan amino acid
Latvian arginīns
- arginīnsan amino acid
Lithuanian argininas
- argininasan amino acid
Persian آرژینین
- آرژینین (âržinin)an amino acid
Polish arginina
- argininaan amino acid
Portuguese arginina
- argininaan amino acid
Romanian arginină
- argininăan amino acid
Russian аргини́н
- аргини́н (arginín)an amino acid
Slovak arginín
- arginínan amino acid
Spanish arginina
- argininaan amino acid
Swedish arginin
- argininan amino acid
Turkish arginin
- argininan amino acid
Ukrainian аргінін
- аргінін (arhinin)an amino acid
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Cite this entry
arginine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arginine
“arginine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arginine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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