hypoglycin

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noun

A toxic organic compound related to lycine, found in Blighia sapida (ackee fruit), causing hypoglycemia, and responsible for Jamaican vomiting sickness.

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Meanings

nounhypoglycin (countable and uncountable, plural hypoglycins)

plural hypoglycins

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA toxic organic compound related to lycine, found in Blighia sapida (ackee fruit), causing hypoglycemia, and responsible for Jamaican vomiting sickness.

Origin

From hypoglycemia + -in.

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APA

hypoglycin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypoglycin

MLA

“hypoglycin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypoglycin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypoglycin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypoglycin.

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