Definitions for: Amino Acid


[n] organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids"



Synonyms: aminoalkanoic acid

See Also: alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, canavanine, citrulline, creatin, creatine, cysteine, cystine, dihydroxyphenylalanine, dopa, essential amino acid, GABA, gamma aminobutyric acid, glutamic acid, glutamine, glutaminic acid, glycine, hydroxyproline, iodoamino acid, organic compound, ornithine, proline, protein, sarcosine, serine, thyronine, tyramine, tyrosine

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