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Acid, amino(health)
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amino acid(dictionary)
amino acid oxidoreductases(medicine)
alpha-amino acid(medicine)
amino acid oxidases(medicine)
amino acid reagent(medicine)

amino acid (iou)



amino acid noun phr. Also aminoacid, amino-acid. L19.
[from AMINO- + ACID noun.]
Chemistry. An organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxyl group; spec. any of about twenty such compounds which occur widely in living organisms and are the building blocks of proteins.