English

homopropargylglycine

From homopropargyl + glycine.

Proto-Hellenic *dlukús

Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς ‘sweet’

Today it means

noun The amino acid HC≡C-CH₂-CH₂-CH(NH₂)-COOH; it is used in research into protein synthesis

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Etymograph / homopropargylglycine