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non-essential amino acid

non-essential amino acid is the alternative spelling of nonessential amino acid.

Meaning of nonessential amino acid

Noun

nonessential amino acid (plural nonessential amino acids)

  1. Those of the naturally occurring amino acids that the human body can synthesize for itself, and so need not be provided by dietary protein.

Forms of non-essential amino acid

pluralnon-essential amino acids

Questions about non-essential amino acid

What is non-essential amino acid the alternative spelling of?
Non-essential amino acid is the alternative spelling of nonessential amino acid.

Words near non-essential amino acid in the dictionary

  1. non-equity
  2. non-erroneous
  3. non-error
  4. non-errors
  5. non-essential
  6. non-essential amino acid
  7. non-essential amino acids
  8. non-essential prime implicant
  9. non-essential prime implicants
  10. non-esterified
  11. non-esterified fatty acid

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