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noun
- (organic chemistry) Any organic compound containing both an amine, amino and a carboxylic acid functional group.
- (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.
Translations: - Dutch: (t, nl, aminozuur, n)
- French: acide aminé(fr)m
- German: Aminosí¤ure(de)f
- Italian: amminoacido(it)m
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: aminoí¡cido(es)m
Etymology: See (term, amine) and (term, acid).
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