cysteine
cys·te·ine
noun \ˈsis-tə-ˌēn\Definition of CYSTEINE
: a crystalline sulfur-containing amino acid C3H7NO2S readily oxidizable to cystine
Origin of CYSTEINE
International Scientific Vocabulary, from cystine + -ein
First Known Use: 1884
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