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amino acids

amino acids is the plural of amino acid.

Meaning of amino acid

Noun

amino acid (plural amino acids)

  1. Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group.
  2. 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.

Questions about amino acids

What is amino acids the plural of?
Amino acids is the plural of amino acid.

Words near amino acids in the dictionary

  1. aminiums
  2. aminiumyl
  3. aminiumyls
  4. amino
  5. amino acid
  6. amino acids
  7. amino alcohol
  8. amino alcohols
  9. amino aldehyde
  10. amino aldehydes
  11. amino carbohydrate

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