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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ser·ine /ˈsɛrˌin/
 絲氨酸

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 ser·ine /ˈsɛ(ə)rˌɪn/ 名詞
 絲氨酸,3-羥(基)丙氨酸

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ser·ine n.  Chem. one of the natural L-amino acids, obtainable as a white crystalline nitrogenous substance by the action of dilute sulphuric acid on silk gelatin.  It is found in many proteins, and, having a free primary hydroxyl group on the side chain, is involved in the catalytic action at the active site of some enzymes, such as proteases.  The IUPAC abbreviation for serine in protein sequences is Ser.  Chemically it is 2-amino-3-hydroxy-propanoic acid (C3H7NO3), HO.CH2.CH(NH2).COOH.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 serine
      n : a sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis
          by the body of cysteine