Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
sergeant fish
sergeant major
Sergt.
serial
serial entrepreneur
serial killer
serial monogamy
serial number
serial port
serial rights
serialise
serialism
serialize
seriate
seriatim
sericeous
sericin
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

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)]
Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft