色氨酸

sè'ānsuān
  1. (chiefly Mainland China, biochemistry) tryptophan
  2. tryptophan

Wiktionary

Homographs

色氨酸 sèānsuān tryptophan (Trp), an essential amino acid

Entry Composition

=1 色 sè
  1. color
  2. look
  3. appearance
  4. sex

classifier: 種
=1 色 shǎi
  1. (coll.) color
  2. used in 色子 shǎizi
2 氨酸 ānsuān
  1. (chiefly Mainland China, in names of amino acids) short for 氨基酸 (ānjīsuān, “amino acid”)
  2. short for 氨基酸 (ānjīsuān, “amino acid”)