essential amino acid
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Noun[edit]
essential amino acid (plural essential amino acids)
- (biochemistry) One of the nine naturally occurring amino acids that the human body cannot synthesize, and so must be provided by dietary protein.
- Antonym: nonessential amino acid
- Hyponyms: histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, valine
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Translations[edit]
amino acid which is a dietry requirement
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Further reading[edit]
- essential amino acid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia