tryptophan
Meaning of tryptophan
noun
an amino acid which is a constituent of most proteins. It is an essential nutrient in the diet of vertebrates.
late 19th century: from tryptic ‘relating to trypsin’ + Greek phainein ‘appear’.
Information about tryptophan
- It is a name.
- The plural form of tryptophan is: tryptophans.
- Languages in which tryptophan is used:
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Hyphenation of tryptophan
tryp-to-phan
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- tryptophan is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
tryptophan synonyms
Meaning tryptophane:
Words that rhyme with tryptophan
trimetaphan, trimethaphan, Stephan, Ucephan, Zephan, acalephan, Doniphan, busulphan, Atophan, acetyltryptophan, alanyltryptophan, atophan, azidotryptophan, benzyloxycarbonyltryptophan, benzyloxytryptophan, benzyltryptophan, chloroacetyltryptophan, chlorotryptophan, chrysophan, colophan, dihydroxytryptophan, dimethylallyltryptophan, dimethyltryptophan, fluorotryptophan, furoyltryptophan, glutamyltryptophan, glycyltryptophan, heliophan, hydroxytryptophan, leucyltryptophan, mesitylenesulfonyltryptophan, methionyltryptophan, methoxytryptophan, methyltryptophan, myophan, neoquinophan, nitrosotryptophan, nitrotryptophan, novatophan, octahydrotryptophan, palmitoyltryptophan, phenylalanyltryptophan, phosphorylleucyltryptophan, purostrophan, trytophan, valyltryptophan, Numorphan, acetorphan, benzomorphan, dextromethorphan