taurine

From Latin taurīnus, from taurus (“bull”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːɹaɪn/

taurine (comparative more taurine, superlative most taurine)

1. Pertaining to a bull; bull-like.
   • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:

     I am the Ionian Minotaur, the mightiest
     Of all Europa’s taurine progeny—
     I am the old traditional Man-Bull;

Structure diagram of taurine

taur(ocholic) +‎ -ine

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːɹiːn/

taurine (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry, biochemistry) An amino-sulfonic acid, NH₂CH₂CH₂SO₃H, that has regulatory functions in mammals.

   Synonym: tauric acid

• Iturean, ruinate, uranite, urinate

taurine

1. feminine plural of taurino

• Rutenia, unterai, uretani, urinate, uterina

taurīne

1. vocative masculine singular of taurīnus