lysine

1. 1.

   an essential amino acid found in proteins; occurs especially in gelatin and casein

   Broaderessential amino acid

Other forms of lysine

plural

lysines·

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 lysine

What does lysine mean?

lysine means "an essential amino acid found in proteins; occurs especially in gelatin and casein".

How many syllables are in lysine?

lysine has 2 syllables: ly-sine. The stress falls on "ly". In IPA it is /ˈlaɪsin/.

Is lysine a common word?

lysine 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.