Definitions for cystine

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cystine cys·tine

Spelling: [sis-teen, -tin]

IPA: /ˈsɪs tin, -tɪn/

Cystine is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 164 anagrams from letters in cystine (ceinsty).

Definitions for cystine

noun

1. a crystalline amino acid, C 6 H 12 O 4 N 2 S 2 , occurring in most proteins, especially the keratins in hair, wool, and horn, and yielding cysteine on reduction.

Origin of cystine

1835-45; cyst- + -ine²; so called because found in the bladder

Examples for cystine

This action is due chiefly to its progressive formation of calcium sulphydrate from the cystine group of the softer keratins.

Ammonia, therefore, dissolves the cystine without entering into chemical union with it.