'amino acid' definitions:
Definition of 'amino acid'
From: WordNet
noun
Organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids" [syn: amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid]
Synonyms of 'amino acid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alanine,
- albuminoid,
- arginine,
- chromoprotein,
- dipeptide,
- glycine,
- glycoprotein,
- leucine,
- lipoprotein,
- lysine,
- methionine,
- nucleoprotein,
- peptide,
- phenylalanine,
- phosphoprotein,
- proteid,
- protein,
- protide,
- sarcosine,
- serine,
- threonine,
- valine