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aminoacid

aminoacid is the alternative spelling 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.

Forms of aminoacid

pluralaminoacids

Words formed from aminoacid

Questions about aminoacid

What is aminoacid the alternative spelling of?
Aminoacid is the alternative spelling of amino acid.

Words near aminoacid in the dictionary

  1. aminoacetonitriles
  2. aminoacetophenone
  3. aminoacetophenones
  4. aminoacetylation
  5. aminoacetylations
  6. aminoacid
  7. aminoacidemia
  8. aminoacidemias
  9. aminoacidic
  10. aminoacidopathies
  11. aminoacidopathy

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