transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsfiŋ-gə-ˌsēn ]
noun
Etymology: Greek sphingos (genitive of sphinx ) + English -ine (II); from riddles it posed to its first investigators
Date: 1881
: a long-chain unsaturated amino alcohol C 18 H 37 O 2 N found especially in nervous tissue and cell membranes