(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:53:10

Cyst"ine (s?s"t?n; 104), n. [See Cyst.] Physiol. Chem.

A white crystalline substance, C3H7NSO2, containing sulphur, occuring as a constituent of certain rare urinary calculi, and occasionally found as a sediment in urine.

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