glycin

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glycin

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From glycine, modified with -in.

noun glycins

  1. countable, uncountable A phenolic derivative of glycine, N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)glycine, used as a photographic developer. Glycin is a versatile paper developer that produces a strong, deep black on bromide papers and brown to sepia tones on warm-tone chloride and chlorobromide papers.
  2. countable, misspelling, uncountable Misspelling of glycine The level of glycin (Table 4) in the serum and the plasma of autistic patients does not show consistent changes.

Similar: photoglycine

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@misc{glycin_2026,
  title = {glycin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glycin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}