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English *noun*: amino acid
1.	amino acid (substance) organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group
		Samples	Proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids.
		Synonyms	aminoalkanoic acid
		Broader (hypernym)	organic compound
		Narrower (hyponym)	alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, canavanine, citrulline, creatin, creatine, cysteine, cystine, dihydroxyphenylalanine, dopa, essential amino acid, GABA, gamma aminobutyric acid, glutamic acid, glutamine, glutaminic acid, glycine, hydroxyproline, iodoamino acid, ornithine, proline, sarcosine, serine, thyronine, tyramine, tyrosine
		Substance meronym	protein

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