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prephenic acid

prephenic acid noun: an intermediate in the biosynthesis of the amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine.

Noun

prephenic acid (uncountable)

  1. An intermediate in the biosynthesis of the amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine

Words formed from prephenic acid

Questions about prephenic acid

What does prephenic acid mean?
Prephenic acid means an intermediate in the biosynthesis of the amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine.
What part of speech is prephenic acid?
Prephenic acid is a noun.

Words near prephenic acid in the dictionary

  1. prepharyngeal
  2. prephase
  3. prephases
  4. prephenate
  5. prephenates
  6. prephenic acid
  7. prephilatelic
  8. prephilately
  9. prephilosophical
  10. prephonatory
  11. prephonemic

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