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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ty·ro·sine /ˈtaɪrəˌsin/
 酪氨酸

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 ty·ro·sine /ˈtaɪrəˌsɪn/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tyr·o·sin n.  Physiol. Chem. A white crystalline nitrogenous substance present in small amount in the pancreas and spleen, and formed in large quantity from the decomposition of proteid matter by various means, -- as by pancreatic digestion, by putrefaction as of cheese, by the action of boiling acids, etc. Chemically, it consists of oxyphenol and amidopropionic acid, and by decomposition yields oxybenzoic acid, or some other benzol derivative. [Written also tyrosine.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 tyrosine
      n : an amino acid found in most proteins; a precursor of several
          hormones