See Also: imbecile(medicine)
imbecile(dictionary)
imbecile(dictionary)

glutamine (iou) and imbecile (oh)


glutamine (iou)



glutamine noun. L19.
[from GLUT(AMIC + AMINE.]
Biochemistry. A hydrophilic amino acid, H2NCOCH2CH2(NH2)COOH, which occurs in proteins and is an amide of glutamic acid, from which it is formed metabolically.

imbecile (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: imbecile, from imbecile 'weak, weak-minded', from Latin imbecillus, probably from baculum 'stick (for support)']
someone who is very stupid or behaves very stupidly
-synonym idiot idiot
::He looked at me as if I was a total imbecile.
-- imbecilic /7ImbZ5sIlIk/ adj
-- imbecility /7ImbZ5sIlZti/ n [U and C]