"nonessential amino acid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nonessential amino acids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Amino acids Hyponyms: alanine, aspargine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, proline, serine, tyrosine Related terms: conditionally essential amino acid, essential amino acid Translations (amino acid that the human body can synthesize): 非必需氨基酸 (fēibìxū ānjīsuān) (Chinese Mandarin), ei-välttämätön aminohappo (Finnish), aminoácido non esencial [masculine] (Galician), nichtessentielle Aminosäure [feminine] (German), замени́мая аминокислота́ (zamenímaja aminokislotá) [feminine] (Russian)

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