WordNet: essential amino acid
an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize; must be supplied in the diet
- hypernym amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid
- hyponym arginine
- hyponym histidine
- hyponym isoleucine
- hyponym leucine
- hyponym lysine
- hyponym methionine
- hyponym phenylalanine
- hyponym threonine
- hyponym tryptophan, tryptophane
- hyponym valine
essential amino acid
- (suomi) välttämätön aminohappo (synonyymi)