essential amino acid
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(noun) an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize; must be supplied in the diet |
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Related Words: amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid, arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, tryptophane, valine |
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