Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun arginine

1 sense of arginine

Sense 1
arginine -- (a bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition; its absence from the diet leads to a reduced production of spermatozoa)
       => essential amino acid -- (an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize; must be supplied in the diet)