Meanings
nounessential amino acid (plural essential amino acids)
plural essential amino acids
- biochemistryOne of the nine naturally occurring amino acids that the human body cannot synthesize, and so must be provided by dietary protein.
Antonyms: nonessential amino acid
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne of the nine naturally occurring amino acids that the human body cannot synthesize, and so must be provided by dietary protein.
Opposite
Translations
Basque aminoazido esentzial
- aminoazido esentzialamino acid which is a dietry requirement
Bulgarian незаменима аминокиселина
- незаменима аминокиселина (nezamenima aminokiselina)amino acid which is a dietry requirement
Catalan aminoàcid essencial
- aminoàcid essencialamino acid which is a dietry requirement
Chinese Cantonese 必需氨基酸
- 必需氨基酸 (bit¹ seoi¹ on¹ gei¹ syun¹)amino acid which is a dietry requirement
Chinese Mandarin 必需氨基酸
- 必需氨基酸 (bìxū ānjīsuān)amino acid which is a dietry requirement
Czech esenciální aminokyselina
- esenciální aminokyselinaamino acid which is a dietry requirement
Dutch essentieel aminozuur
- essentieel aminozuuramino acid which is a dietry requirement
Esperanto enda aminoacido
- enda aminoacidoamino acid which is a dietry requirement
Finnish välttämätön aminohappo
- välttämätön aminohappoamino acid which is a dietry requirement
French acide aminé essentiel
- acide aminé essentielamino acid which is a dietry requirement
German essentielle Aminosäure
- essentielle Aminosäureamino acid which is a dietry requirement
Hungarian esszenciális aminosav
- esszenciális aminosavamino acid which is a dietry requirement
Italian amminoacido essenziale
- amminoacido essenzialeamino acid which is a dietry requirement
Japanese 必須アミノ酸, 不可欠アミノ酸
- 必須アミノ酸 (hissu amino-san)amino acid which is a dietry requirement
- 不可欠アミノ酸 (fukaketsu amino-san)amino acid which is a dietry requirement
Korean 필수 아미노산, 불가결 아미노산
- 필수 아미노산 (pilsu aminosan)amino acid which is a dietry requirement
- 불가결 아미노산 (bulgagyeol aminosan)amino acid which is a dietry requirement
Polish aminokwas egzogenny
- aminokwas egzogennyamino acid which is a dietry requirement
Portuguese aminoácido essencial
- aminoácido essencialamino acid which is a dietry requirement
Romanian aminoacid esențial
- aminoacid esențialamino acid which is a dietry requirement
Russian незамени́мая аминокислота́
- незамени́мая аминокислота́ (nezamenímaja aminokislotá)amino acid which is a dietry requirement
Slovak esenciálna aminokyselina
- esenciálna aminokyselinaamino acid which is a dietry requirement
Spanish aminoácido esencial
- aminoácido esencialamino acid which is a dietry requirement
Cite this entry
APA
essential amino acid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/essential%20amino%20acid
MLA
“essential amino acid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/essential%20amino%20acid. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “essential amino acid,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/essential%20amino%20acid.
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