Usually means: Chemical compound, hydrates, stabilizes proteins.
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  1. betaine: Merriam-Webster
  2. betaine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. betaine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. betaine: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Betaine, betaine: Wordnik
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  8. betaine: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  11. Betaine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Betaine: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. betaine: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  15. Betaine: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. betaine: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. betaine: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  1. Organic Salon Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (betaine)

noun:  (uncountable, organic chemistry) A sweet, crystalline compound (not an alkaloid), trimethylammoniumacetate, found in sugar beet and similar plants, sometimes used to treat muscular degeneracy; the zwitterion (CH₃)₃N⁺CH₂COO⁻
noun:  (countable, organic chemistry) Any derivative of this compound.
noun:  (countable, organic chemistry, by extension) Any similar compound, based on sulfur or phosphorus etc, having an onium ion with no hydrogen atom adjacent to the anionic atom.

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