Definition of serine
: a crystalline nonessential amino acid C3H7NO3 that occurs as a residue in many proteins
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Origin and Etymology of serine
International Scientific Vocabulary sericin + 2-ine
First Known Use: 1880
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\ˈse(ə)r-ˌēn\
Medical Definition of serine
: a nonessential amino acid C3H7NO3 that occurs especially as a structural part of many proteins and phosphatidylethanolamines and is a precursor of glycine—abbreviation Ser
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