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tryptophan (n.)
also
tryptophane
, complex amino acid, 1890, coined in German (1876) from
trypto-
, taken as a comb. form of
tryptic
"by trypsin" (see
trypsin
) + Greek
phainein
"to appear" (see
phantasm
).
