"amino acid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: amino acids [plural]
Etymology: See amine and acid. Likely a calque of German Aminosäure, which is attested earlier. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|Aminosäure|nocap=1}} calque of German Aminosäure Head templates: {{en-noun}} amino acid (plural amino acids)
  1. (biochemistry) Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group. Categories (topical): Amino acids Translations (any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid): حمض أميني (ḥimḍ amīni) [masculine] (Arabic), aminoàcid [masculine] (Catalan), 胺基酸 (an-ki-sng) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 氨基酸 (on¹ gei¹ syun¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 氨基酸 (ānjīsuān) (Chinese Mandarin), 胺基酸 (ānjīsuān, ànjīsuān) (Chinese Mandarin), aminokyselina [feminine] (Czech), aminosyre [common-gender] (Danish), aminozuur [neuter] (Dutch), amina acido (Esperanto), aminosýra [feminine] (Faroese), aminohappo (Finnish), acide aminé [masculine] (French), aminoacide [masculine] (French), aminoácido [masculine] (Galician), ამინომჟავა (aminomžava) (Georgian), Aminosäure [feminine] (German), αμινοξύ (aminoxý) [neuter] (Greek), aminosav (Hungarian), amínósýra [feminine] (Icelandic), amin-acido (Ido), asam amino (Indonesian), aimínaigéad [masculine] (Irish), amminoacido [masculine] (Italian), aminoacido [masculine] (Italian), アミノ酸 (amino-san) (alt: アミノさん) (Japanese), asem amino (Javanese), អាស៊ីតអាមីនេ (asit aminé) (Khmer), 아미노산 (aminosan) (Korean), aminoskābe [feminine] (Latvian), waikawa amino (Maori), asîda amînî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), aminosyre [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), aminosyre [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), aminokwas [masculine] (Polish), aminoácido [masculine] (Portuguese), aminoacid [masculine] (Romanian), аминокислота́ (aminokislotá) [feminine] (Russian), aminokiselìna [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), aminoácido [masculine] (Spanish), asidi ya amino (Swahili), aminosyra [common-gender] (Swedish), aminoasit (Turkish), asid amino [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-amino_acid-en-noun-kWK5w86- Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid': 66 34
  2. (biochemistry) 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. Categories (topical): Amino acids Translations (any of the twenty α-amino acids): 氨基酸 (ānjīsuān) (Chinese Mandarin), aminokyselina [feminine] (Czech), aminosyre [common-gender] (Danish), aminozuur [neuter] (Dutch), amina acido (Esperanto), aminohappo (Finnish), acide aminé [masculine] (French), aminoacide [masculine] (French), aminoácido [masculine] (Galician), ამინომჟავა (aminomžava) (Georgian), Aminosäure [feminine] (German), αμινοξύ (aminoxý) [neuter] (Greek), aminosav (Hungarian), amin-acido (Ido), aimínaigéad [masculine] (Irish), amminoacido [masculine] (Italian), aminoacido [masculine] (Italian), アミノ酸 (amino-san) (alt: アミノさん) (Japanese), 아미노산 (aminosan) (Korean), aminoskābe [feminine] (Latvian), asîda amînî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), aminosyre [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), aminosyre [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), aminokwas [masculine] (Polish), aminoácido [masculine] (Portuguese), aminokiselìna [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), aminoácido [masculine] (Spanish), aminosyra [common-gender] (Swedish), aminoasit (Turkish), asid amino [masculine] (Welsh)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: amino acid Hypernyms: organic compound, chemical compound, zwitterion Holonyms: protein Related terms: imino acid, :Category:Amino acids

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "aminokyselina"
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          "code": "gl",
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          "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
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          "word": "aminoácido"
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          "code": "ka",
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          "roman": "aminomžava",
          "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
          "word": "ამინომჟავა"
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          "word": "Aminosäure"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
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          "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
          "word": "amin-acido"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
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          "word": "aimínaigéad"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
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          "word": "amminoacido"
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        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
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          "word": "aminoacido"
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          "alt": "アミノさん",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "amino-san",
          "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
          "word": "アミノ酸"
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        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
          "word": "asem amino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "asit aminé",
          "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
          "word": "អាស៊ីតអាមីនេ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "aminosan",
          "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
          "word": "아미노산"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "asîda amînî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aminoskābe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
          "word": "waikawa amino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "aminosyre"
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          "_dis1": "66 34",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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  "etymology_text": "See amine and acid. Likely a calque of German Aminosäure, which is attested earlier.",
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    {
      "form": "amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "amino acid (plural amino acids)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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    {
      "word": "protein"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "organic compound"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "chemical compound"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "zwitterion"
    }
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    {
      "word": "essential amino acid"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonessential amino acid"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "histidine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "isoleucine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "leucine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "lysine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "methionine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "phenylalanine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "threonine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "tryptophan"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "valine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "alanine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "aspargine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "aspartic acid"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "cysteine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "glutamic acid"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "glutamine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "glycine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "proline"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "serine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "tyrosine"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "imino acid"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": ":Category:Amino acids"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Amino acids"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "organic",
          "organic"
        ],
        [
          "compound",
          "compound"
        ],
        [
          "amino",
          "amine"
        ],
        [
          "carboxylic acid",
          "carboxylic acid"
        ],
        [
          "functional group",
          "functional group"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biochemistry) Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Amino acids"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "naturally",
          "naturally"
        ],
        [
          "occur",
          "occur"
        ],
        [
          "carbon",
          "carbon"
        ],
        [
          "atom",
          "atom"
        ],
        [
          "variety",
          "variety"
        ],
        [
          "side chain",
          "side chain"
        ],
        [
          "combine",
          "combine"
        ],
        [
          "peptide bond",
          "peptide bond"
        ],
        [
          "protein",
          "protein"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biochemistry) 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."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amino acid",
      "word": "amino acid"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥimḍ amīni",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حمض أميني"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aminoàcid"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "on¹ gei¹ syun¹",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "word": "氨基酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "an-ki-sng",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "胺基酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ānjīsuān",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "word": "氨基酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ānjīsuān, ànjīsuān",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "word": "胺基酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aminokyselina"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "aminosyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "aminozuur"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "word": "amina acido"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aminosýra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "word": "aminohappo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acide aminé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aminoacide"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aminoácido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aminomžava",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "word": "ამინომჟავა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aminosäure"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aminoxý",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αμινοξύ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "word": "aminosav"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amínósýra"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "word": "amin-acido"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "word": "asam amino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aimínaigéad"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amminoacido"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aminoacido"
    },
    {
      "alt": "アミノさん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "amino-san",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "word": "アミノ酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "word": "asem amino"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "asit aminé",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "word": "អាស៊ីតអាមីនេ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "aminosan",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "word": "아미노산"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asîda amînî"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aminoskābe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "word": "waikawa amino"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aminosyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aminosyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aminokwas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aminoácido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aminoacid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "aminokislotá",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "аминокислота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aminokiselìna"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aminoácido"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "word": "asidi ya amino"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "aminosyra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "word": "aminoasit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asid amino"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ānjīsuān",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "word": "氨基酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aminokyselina"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "aminosyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "aminozuur"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "word": "amina acido"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "word": "aminohappo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acide aminé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aminoacide"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aminoácido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aminomžava",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "word": "ამინომჟავა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aminosäure"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aminoxý",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αμινοξύ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "word": "aminosav"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "word": "amin-acido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aimínaigéad"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amminoacido"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aminoacido"
    },
    {
      "alt": "アミノさん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "amino-san",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "word": "アミノ酸"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "aminosan",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "word": "아미노산"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asîda amînî"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aminoskābe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aminosyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aminosyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aminokwas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aminoácido"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aminokiselìna"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aminoácido"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "aminosyra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "word": "aminoasit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any of the twenty α-amino acids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asid amino"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amino acid"
}

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