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 Definitions of amino acid  [əˈmi noʊ, ˈæm əˌnoʊ]  

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Definition of 'amino acid' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) amino acid
any of a class of organic compounds that contains at least one amino group, –NH

Etymology:  (1895–1900)

Definition of 'amino acid' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) 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"

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