citrulline

1. 1.

   an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine

   Broaderamino acid

Other forms of citrulline

plural

citrullines·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about citrulline

What does citrulline mean?

citrulline means "an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine".

How many syllables are in citrulline?

citrulline has 3 syllables: ci-trul-line. The stress falls on "ci".

Is citrulline a common word?

citrulline is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.