Meanings
nountyrosine (countable and uncountable, plural tyrosines)
plural tyrosines
- countableuncountablebiochemistryA nonessential amino acid 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid found in most animal proteins, especially casein
Synonyms: Tyr
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA nonessential amino acid 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid found in most animal proteins, especially casein
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Origin
- Ancient Greekτῡρός“cheese”
- Englishtyrosine
From Ancient Greek τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”) + -ine (since first discovered in cheese); surface analysis is approximately tyro- + -ine.
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Bulgarian тирозин
- тирозин (tirozin)nonessential amino acid
Catalan tirosina
- tirosinanonessential amino acid
Chinese Mandarin 酪氨酸
- 酪氨酸 (lào'ānsuān)nonessential amino acid
Czech tyrosin, tyrozin
- tyrosinnonessential amino acid
- tyrozinnonessential amino acid
Dutch tyrosine
- tyrosinenonessential amino acid
Esperanto tirozino
- tirozinononessential amino acid
Finnish tyrosiini
- tyrosiininonessential amino acid
French tyrosine
- tyrosinenonessential amino acid
German Tyrosin
- Tyrosinnonessential amino acid
Greek τυροσίνη
- τυροσίνη (tyrosíni)nonessential amino acid
Hungarian tirozin
- tirozinnonessential amino acid
Italian tirosina
- tirosinanonessential amino acid
Japanese チロシン
- チロシン (chiroshin)nonessential amino acid
Polish tyrozyna
- tyrozynanonessential amino acid
Portuguese tirosina
- tirosinanonessential amino acid
Romanian tirozină
- tirozinănonessential amino acid
Russian тирози́н
- тирози́н (tirozín)nonessential amino acid
Slovak tyrozín
- tyrozínnonessential amino acid
Spanish tirosina
- tirosinanonessential amino acid
Swedish tyrosin
- tyrosinnonessential amino acid
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APA
tyrosine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tyrosine
MLA
“tyrosine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tyrosine. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tyrosine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tyrosine.
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