leucine
English
noun
Definitions
- (amino acid) An essential amino acid, C, isomeric with isoleucine, found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth in children.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λευκός (white, bright, light, clear, blank, goat, gleaming).
Origin
Ancient Greek
λευκός
Gloss
white, bright, light, clear, blank, goat, gleaming
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
光, 明
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acetyl English
- acetylleucine English
- alloisoleucine English
- cycloleucine English
- dileucine English
- hydroxyleucine English
- isoleucine English
- isoleucyl English
- leucinal English
- leucinol English
- leucophanite English
- leuko- English
- monoleucine English
- norleucine English
- polyleucine English
- Leukante Latin
- Lucentum Latin
- leucocyta Latin
- leucogaster Latin
- leucomelas Latin
- leucops Latin
- leucopterus Latin
- leucopus Latin
- vīrus Latin
- Leukämie German
- leuco- Italian
- leucémie French
- белокровие Russian
- Λευκάς Ancient Greek
- Λευκοθέα Ancient Greek
- Λεύκιππος Ancient Greek
- λευκάκανθα Ancient Greek
- λευκάνθεμον Ancient Greek
- λευκίσκος Ancient Greek
- λευκομέλας Ancient Greek
- λευκός Ancient Greek
- λευκότερος Ancient Greek
- λευκόφθαλμος Ancient Greek
- λευκόχρυσος Ancient Greek
- λεύκη Ancient Greek
- πούς Ancient Greek
- *lewk- Proto-Indo-European
- イソロイシン Japanese
- ロイシン Japanese
- leoca- Irish
- λευκο- Greek (modern)
- λευκός Greek (modern)
- λεύκουρος Greek (modern)