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Definition of: tryptophan
(trip′tə·fan) noun Biochem.
A crystalline amino acid, C11H12O2N2, contained in variable amounts in most proteins and associated with the digestive functions. Also tryp′·to·phane (-fān). [<tryptic (<TRYPSIN) + -phan, var. of -PHANE]
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