cisteína

See also: cisteina

Galician

Noun

cisteína f (plural cisteínas)

1. (biochemistry) cysteine

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sis.teˈĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sis.teˈĩ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /siʃ.teˈĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sis.teˈi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siʃ.tɐˈi.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: cis‧te‧í‧na

Noun

cisteína f (plural cisteínas)

1. (biochemistry) cysteine

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Cysteïn, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis) ‎ -ina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θisteˈina/ [θis.t̪eˈi.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sisteˈina/ [sis.t̪eˈi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: cis‧te‧í‧na

Noun

cisteína f (plural cisteínas)

1. (biochemistry) cysteine

Derived terms

• homocisteína
• selenocisteína

 

Further reading

• “cisteína”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• “cisteína” in Diccionario de términos médicos, Real Academia Nacional de Medicina, 2012.