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chitin
English
Etymology
From French chitine, from Latin chit?n (“mollusk”), from Ancient Greek ????? (khit?n). See also chiton.
Pronunciation
- enPR: k??t?n, IPA(key): /?ka?t?n/
- Rhymes: -a?t?n
Noun
chitin (countable and uncountable, plural chitins)
- (biochemistry) A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans.
- 1880, Arthur Gamgee, A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body, Macmillan, p. 299
- Chitin usually occurs throughout Invertebrates in the form of an investment to the outermost cellular layer or ectoderm.
- 2004, New Scientist, 11 Sep 2004, p.19
- The robot’s energy source is the sugar in the polysaccharide called chitin that makes up a fly’s exoskeleton.
- 1880, Arthur Gamgee, A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body, Macmillan, p. 299
Derived terms
Translations
References
- chitin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “chitin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- itchin'
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murein
English
Etymology
Blend of muramic acid +? -ein
Noun
murein (plural mureins)
- peptidoglycan, mucopeptide
References
- “murein”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Anagrams
- murine
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