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CITRULLINE

Dictionary entry overview: What does citrulline mean?

• CITRULLINE (noun)
The noun CITRULLINE has 1 sense:

1. an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine

Familiarity information: CITRULLINE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CITRULLINE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("citrulline" is a kind of...):

amino acid; aminoalkanoic acid (organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group)

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