See Also: stoup(dictionary)
stoup(dictionary)

isoleucine (iou) and stoup (oh)


isoleucine (iou)



isoleucine noun. E20.
[from ISO- + LEUCINE.]
Biochemistry. A hydrophobic amino acid, CH3CH2 CH(CH3)CH(NH2)COOH, which occurs in proteins and is essential in the human diet; 2-amino-3-methylpentanoic acid.

stoup (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old Norse; Origin: staup 'cup']
a container for holy water near the entrance to a church