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tryptophane

Variant of tryptophan

noun

a white, aromatic, crystalline, essential amino acid, CHNHCHCCHCH(NH)COOH, produced synthetically and in digestion by the action of trypsin on proteins

also tryptophane

Origin: < trypt(ic) + -o- + -phan(e)

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