glycin

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word glycin. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word glycin, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say glycin in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word glycin you have here. The definition of the word glycin will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofglycin, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Glycin

English

Structure diagram of glycin
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

From glycine, modified with -in.

Noun

glycin (countable and uncountable, plural glycins)

  1. (organic chemistry) A phenolic derivative of glycine, N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)glycine, used as a photographic developer.
    • 2008, Robert Hirsch, Photographic Possibilities, page 142:
      Glycin is a versatile paper developer that produces a strong, deep black on bromide papers and brown to sepia tones on warm-tone chloride and chlorobromide papers.
    • 2008, Georg-Wilhelm Oetjen, Peter Haseley, Freeze-Drying, page 23:
      Glycin immersed in LN2 formed an amorphous product. Upon heating to –65 °C an unidentified crystalline phase of glycin was observed, which transformed at ≈ 55 °C to 2-glycin.
    • 2011, Elizabeth Allen, Sophie Triantaphillidou, The Manual of Photography, page 257:
      Glycin developers are non-staining and have exceptionally good keeping properties, but are too slow in action for general use.
  2. Misspelling of glycine.
    • 2007, Katalin Köves, Andrea Heinzlmann, “Chapter 1: Neurotransmitters and Neuropeptides in Autism”, in Barbara S. Mesmere, editor, New Autism Research Developments, page 51:
      The level of glycin (Table 4) in the serum and the plasma of autistic patients does not show consistent changes.

Usage notes

The confusion with glycine may be compounded by translations of the latter in certain other languages, as well as by the synonym photoglycine.

Synonyms

Related terms

Anagrams

Swedish

Noun

glycin n

  1. (biochemistry) glycine

Declension

Declension of glycin 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative glycin glycinet
Genitive glycins glycinets