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- noun biochemistry One of the
naturally occurring amino acids that thehuman body cannotsynthesize , and so must beprovided bydietary protein .
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- noun an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize; must be supplied in the diet
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See essential and amino acid.
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