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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024car•ni•tine (kär′ni tēn′),USA pronunciation n. [Biochem.]- Biochemistrya dipolar compound that occurs in muscle and liver and is involved in the transport of fatty acids across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
- German Carnitin, equivalent. to Latin carni- (combining form of carō, genitive carnis meat, flesh) + -tin apparently arbitrarily chosen suffix (compare -in2, -ine2); so called because it was first isolated in meat extract
- 1920–25
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