amino acid
Etymology
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Etymology
See amine and acid. Likely a calque of German Aminosäure, which is attested earlier.
Nounamino acid (plural amino acids)
- (amino acid) Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group.
- (amino acid) Any of the twenty naturally occurring α-amino acids (having the amino, and carboxylic acid groups on the same carbon atom), and a variety of side chains, that combine, via peptide bonds, to form proteins.
- French: acide aminé, aminoacide
- German: Aminosäure
- Italian: amminoacido, aminoacido
- Portuguese: aminoácido
- Russian: аминокислота́
- Spanish: aminoácido
- French: acide aminé, aminoacide
- German: Aminosäure
- Italian: amminoacido, aminoacido
- Portuguese: aminoácido
- Spanish: aminoácido
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