Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cystine

1 sense of cystine

Sense 1
cystine -- (a crystalline amino acid found in proteins (especially keratin); discovered in bladder stones)
       => amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid -- (organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids")