Definitions for citrulline

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citrulline cit·rul·line

Spelling: [si-truh-leen]

IPA: /ˈsɪ trəˌlin/

Citrulline is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 376 anagrams from letters in citrulline (ceiillnrtu).

Definitions for citrulline

noun

1. an amino acid, NH 2 CONH(CH 2) 3 CHNH 2 COOH, abundant in watermelons and an intermediate compound in the urea cycle.

Origin of citrulline

1930; New Latin citrull(us) the watermelon genus (Medieval Latin citrul(l)us, citrolus, Latinization of South Italian citrulo, Tuscan citri(u)olo Late Latin citrium watermelon (derivative of