nonessential amino acid

See also: non-essential amino acid

English

Noun

nonessential amino acid (plural nonessential amino acids)

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

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Translations

amino acid that the human body can synthesize
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