hydroxyproline

1. 1.

   a crystalline amino acid obtained from gelatin or collagen

   Broaderamino acid

Other forms of hydroxyproline

plural

hydroxyprolines·

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 hydroxyproline

What does hydroxyproline mean?

hydroxyproline means "a crystalline amino acid obtained from gelatin or collagen".

How many syllables are in hydroxyproline?

hydroxyproline has 5 syllables and divides as hy-drox-y-pro-line under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.