hydroxyproline

English

Etymology

From hydroxy +‎ proline.

Noun

hydroxyproline (countable and uncountable, plural hydroxyprolines)

  1. (biochemistry) A hydroxy derivative of the amino acid proline found in the structural proteins of connective tissue
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