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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Neutral chemical compound, especially:
  2. n. Neutral carbohydrate: inulin.
  3. n. Protein or protein derivative: albumin.
  4. n. Lipid or lipid derivative: lecithin.
  5. n. Enzyme: pancreatin.
  6. n. Glycoside: chitin.
  7. n. A pharmaceutical: rifampin.
  8. n. An antibiotic: penicillin.
  9. n. Antigen: tuberculin.
  10. n. Variant of -ine2.

Wiktionary

  1. n. proscribed, eye dialect Alternative form of -ing.
  2. n. biochemistry Used, as a modification of -ine, to form the names of a variety of types of compound; examples include proteins (globulin), carbohydrates (dextrin), dyes (alizarin) and others (vanillin).
  3. n. Geordie Used to form the present participles of verbs.
  4. n. Geordie Used to form verbal nouns from verbs.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. A suffix. See the Note under -ine.

Etymologies

  1. Variant of -ine2. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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