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

1 sense of hydroxyproline

Sense 1
hydroxyproline -- (a crystalline amino acid obtained from gelatin or collagen)
       => 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")