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English noun: essential amino acid

1. essential amino acid (substance) an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize; must be supplied in the diet


Broader (hypernym)amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid


Narrower (hyponym)arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, tryptophane, valine









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