Definition of Amino acids

1. Noun. (plural of amino acid) ¹

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Medical Definition of Amino acids

1. Organic compounds that generally contain an amino (-nh2) and a carboxyl (-cooh) group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are polymerised to form proteins. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amino Acids

amino acid activation
amino acid analysis
amino acid chloromethyl ketones
amino acid dehydrogenases
amino acid isomerases
amino acid naphthylamidases
amino acid neurotransmitters
amino acid oxidases
amino acid oxidoreductases
amino acid permease
amino acid reagent
amino acid receptor
amino acid sequence
amino acid substitution
amino acid transmitter
amino acids (current term)
amino acyl-tRNA ligases
amino alcohol
amino alcohols
amino aldehyde
amino carbohydrate
amino group
amino plastic
amino resin
amino sugar
amino sugars
aminoacetic acid
aminoacetonitrile
aminoacetonitriles
aminoacetophenone

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