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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
methionine /mɪˈθʌɪəniːn/

▶noun Biochemistry a sulphur-containing amino acid which is a constituent of most proteins and is essential to the diet of vertebrates.

– origin 1920s: from methyl + Gk theion ‘sulphur’.

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