taurine

See also: Taurine

English

Etymology 1

From Latin taurīnus, from taurus (“bull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːɹaɪn/

Adjective

taurine (comparative more taurine, superlative most taurine)

1. Pertaining to a bull; bull-like.
   • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:

     I am the Ionian Minotaur, the mightiest
     Of all Europa’s taurine progeny—
     I am the old traditional Man-Bull;

Translations

bull-like

• Catalan: taurí
• Galician: taurino m, taurina f
• Italian: taurino
• Portuguese: taurino (pt) m, taurina f
• Spanish: taurino (es)
• Welsh: tarwaidd

Etymology 2

Structure diagram of taurine

From taur(ocholic) +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːɹiːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiːn

Noun

taurine (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry, biochemistry) An amino-sulfonic acid, NH₂CH₂CH₂SO₃H, that has regulatory functions in mammals.

   Synonym: tauric acid

   • 2023 June 8, Elie Dolgin, “From Energy Drinks to Extending Life? Supplement Slows Aging in Mice and Monkeys”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Researchers found that a high daily dose of taurine, an amino acid commonly added to energy drinks and naturally found in various foods, helped to delay death and mitigate against the biological ravages of aging.

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Translations

amino-sulfonic acid

• Armenian: տաուրին (hy) (taurin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牛磺酸 (zh) (niúhuángsuān)

• Esperanto: taŭrino
• Finnish: tauriini (fi)
• German: Taurin n
• Hungarian: taurin (hu)
• Japanese: タウリン (taurin)
• Russian: таури́н m (taurín)
• Spanish: taurina (es) f
• Turkish: taurin
• Welsh: tawrin m

Anagrams

• Iturean, ruinate, uranite, urinate

Italian

Adjective

taurine

1. feminine plural of taurino

Anagrams

• Rutenia, unterai, uretani, urinate, uterina

Latin

Adjective

taurīne

1. vocative masculine singular of taurīnus