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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cysteine /ˈsɪstɪiːn, -tɪɪn, -teɪn, -tiːn/

▶noun Biochemistry a sulphur-containing amino acid which occurs in keratins and other proteins.

– origin C19: from cystine + -eine (var. of -ine4).

'cysteine' also found in these Oxford entries:

cystine - homocysteine

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