Taurine Definition

tôrīn
adjective
Of or like a bull.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World

(astrology) Of or pertaining to the zodiacal sign Taurus.

Wiktionary
noun
A colorless, crystalline amino acid, NH2CH2CH2SO3H, which is found in the free form in invertebrates and as a constituent of taurocholic acid in the bile of mammals.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Taurine

Noun

Singular:
taurine
Plural:
taurines

Origin of Taurine

  • Greek tauros bull (from its having been obtained first from ox bile) tauro- in Indo-European roots –ine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin taurīnus from taurus bull tauro- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin taurinus, from taurus (“bull").

    From Wiktionary

  • From taur(ocholic) + -ine.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Taurus +"Ž -ine.

    From Wiktionary

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