/sahr"keuh seen', -sin/ , n. Chem.
a crystalline compound, C 3 H 7 NO 2 , with a sweet taste, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol: used in the manufacture of toothpaste, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
[ Sarkosin (1847), appar. irregular deriv. from Gk sárx, s. sark- flesh, and G -in -INE 2 ]