Medical Term:

betaine

Pronunciation: bē′tă-īn

Definition:

  1. An oxidation product of choline and a transmethylating intermediate in metabolism.
  2. A class of compounds related to betaine. (1) (R3N+—CHR′—COO−), glycine betaine.

Synonym(s): glycine betaine

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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.

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