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taurine


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Taurine  \Tau"rine\,  a.  [L.  taurinus  fr  taurus  a  bull.  See 
  {Taurus}.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  genus  Taurus,  or  cattle. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Taurine  \Tau"rine\,  n.  [So  named  because  it  was  discovered  in 
  the  bile  of  the  ox  See  {Taurus}.]  (Physiol.  Chem.) 
  A  body  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}. 




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