essential amino acid
Noun
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Noun
essential amino acid
- (amino acid) One of the naturally occurring amino acids that the human body cannot synthesize, and so must be provided by dietary protein.
- Antonyms: nonessential amino acid
- hypo en
- German: essentielle Aminosäure
- Italian: amminoacido essenziale
- Portuguese: aminoácido essencial
- Russian: незамени́мая аминокислота́
- Spanish: aminoácido esencial
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