HYDROXYPROLINE


Meaning of HYDROXYPROLINE in English

/huy drok"si proh"leen, -lin/ , n. Biochem.

a nutritionally nonessential amino acid, C 5 H 9 NO 3 , found chiefly in collagen.

[ 1900-05; HYDROXY- + PROLINE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .