Definitions for sarcosine

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sarcosine sar·co·sine

Spelling: [sahr-kuh-seen, -sin]

IPA: /ˈsɑr kəˌsin, -sɪn/

Sarcosine is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 680 anagrams from letters in sarcosine (aceinorss).

Definitions for sarcosine

noun

1. a crystalline compound, C 3 H 7 NO 2 , with a sweet taste, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol: used in the manufacture of toothpaste, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.

Origin of sarcosine

German Sarkosin (1847), apparently irregular derivative from Greek sárx, stem sark- flesh, and German -in -ine²