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English
Etymology
From hypoglycemia + -in.
Noun
hypoglycin (countable and uncountable, plural hypoglycins)
- (organic chemistry) A toxic organic compound related to lycine, found in Blighia sapida (ackee fruit), causing hypoglycemia, and responsible for Jamaican vomiting sickness.
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