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serine

ser·ine [ sə rn ]


noun 
Definition:
 
amino acid: an amino acid produced in the hydrolysis of proteins that is a precursor of a number of biochemically important molecules. C3H7O3N

[Late 19th century. < German Serin< Latin sericum "silk," form of sericus< Greek sērikos (see silk)]
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