cysteine

noun cys·te·ine \ˈsis-tə-ˌēn\

Definition of CYSTEINE

: a crystalline sulfur-containing amino acid C₃H₇NO₂S readily oxidizable to cystine

International Scientific Vocabulary, from cystine + -ein

First Known Use: 1884

Medical Dictionary

noun cys·teine \ˈsis-tə-ˌēn\

: a sulfur-containing amino acid C₃H₇NO₂S occurring in many proteins and glutathione and readily oxidizable to cystine—abbreviation Cys

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