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

1 sense of essential amino acid

Sense 1
essential amino acid -- (an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize; must be supplied in the diet)
       => amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid -- (organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids")