how to pronounce glycine

/ˈɡlaɪˌsiːn/

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glycine is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of glycine in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and they found the amino acid glycine in …”

meanings of glycine

noun:

A nonessential amino acid, amino-acetic acid, C2H5NO2 found in most proteins but especially in sugar cane; the simplest amino acid.

glycine frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word glycine occurs in english on average 0 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.