betaines
Meaning of betaines
noun
- A sweet, crystalline compound (not an alkaloid), trimethylammoniumacetate, found in sugar beet and similar plants, sometimes used to treat muscular degeneracy; the zwitterion (CH3)3N+CH2COO-
- Any derivative of this compound.
- (by extension) Any similar compound, based on sulfur or phosphorus etc, having an onium ion with no hydrogen atom adjacent to the anionic atom.
Information about betaines
- It is a name.
- The singular form of betaines is: betaine.
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Hyphenation of betaines
be-taines
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- betaines is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of betaines
Words that rhyme with betaines
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