proline

1. 1.

   an amino acid that is found in many proteins (especially collagen)

   Broaderamino acid

Other forms of proline

plural

prolines·

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 proline

What does proline mean?

proline means "an amino acid that is found in many proteins (especially collagen)".

How many syllables are in proline?

proline has 2 syllables: pro-line. The stress falls on "pro".

Is proline a common word?

proline 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.