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Taurine

 : 
Adjective, Noun
 : 
tau=rine

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Taurine has 1 sense

Adjective Taurine has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

Taurinea. [L. taurinus, fr. taurus a bull. See Taurus.].
     Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle.  [1913 Webster]
Taurinen. [So named because it was discovered in the bile of the ox. See Taurus.].
     A chemical compound occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the lungs, and elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is found as a component part of taurocholic acid, from which it can be prepared by decomposition of the acid. It crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically amido-isethionic acid, C2H7NSO3.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Taurine, adj. of or like a bull; bullish.

Etymology
L taurinus f. taurus bull
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