citrulline

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An amino acid the body makes that helps remove waste from the blood

noun
/ˈsɪtrəˌlin/

Specialized

: citrulina

So as far as I'm aware, you need to provide a precursor and that has to be in the form of nitrates or L citrulline.

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Examples

And so first of all, citrulline is an actual real thing.
So of our pre workout, which has citrulline malate in it as well as Rhodiola and caffeine with there's five ingredients.
The body uses citrulline as an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine.
In the urea cycle, citrulline helps in the detoxification of ammonia from the body.
Supplementing with citrulline may increase nitric oxide levels, enhancing blood flow during exercise.

Surface Forms

citrulline singular

citrullines plural

Morphology

citrulline = citrull + ine

Although formed with the chemical suffix '-ine', the root 'citrull' is not a productive English base (it's a specialized combining form referring to a botanical source), so learners cannot derive the meaning from its parts.

Etymology

Citrulline comes from the Latin citrullus, which means 'watermelon', because this amino acid was first found in that fruit; the ending -ine shows it is a chemical. So, citrulline is an amino acid linked with watermelon and also made in the body, which helps you remember the word.