essential amino acid

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noun Biochemistry.

any amino acid that is required by an animal for growth but that cannot be synthesized by the animal's cells and must be supplied in the diet.

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Origin of essential amino acid

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby essential amino acid

Essen, essence, essence d'orient, Essene, essential, essential amino acid, essential element, essential fatty acid, essential hypertension, essentialism, essentialist

How to use essential amino acid in a sentence

For example, technically potatoes contain all the essential amino acids you need to survive.
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All of these high-protein options are also rich in leucine, an essential amino acid involved in the growth and repair of muscle, skin, and bone.
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But Winning Marriage will be essential for the historian who, someday, tries to tell the full story.
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I write the lyrics and work with Murv Douglas from Lords of Acid.
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During the height of his disenchantment, he visited his hometown where an old friend gave him some liquid acid.
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Law is essential to freedom because it safeguards citizens against misconduct and abuse.
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Eggs, he says, are a good source of cysteine, an amino acid that helps the liver break down alcohol faster.
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There are a number of bacilli, called acid-fast bacilli, which stain in the same way as the tubercle bacillus.
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The amount of the other purin bodies together is about one-tenth that of uric acid.
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Uric acid is decreased before an attack of gout and increased afterward, but its etiologic relation is still uncertain.
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An increase is also noted in the uric-acid diathesis and in diseases accompanied by respiratory insufficiency.
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Water itself is of course essential to the growth of every plant, but the benefits of Irrigation reach far beyond this.
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