Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

essential amino acid

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: es-sen-tial amino acid
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the nine naturally occurring amino acids that the human body cannot synthesize, and so must be provided by dietary protein.

Inflected Forms

essential amino acids (plural)

Antonyms

nonessential amino acid

Questions

What does essential amino acid mean?: One of the nine naturally occurring amino acids that the human body cannot synthesize, and so must be provided by dietary protein.

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