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Meaning of amino acid | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
əˈminoʊ ˈæsɪd

Definitions

  1. Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group.
  2. Any of the twenty naturally occurring α-amino acids (having the amino, and carboxylic acid groups on the same carbon atom), and a variety of side chains, that combine, via peptide bonds, to form proteins.

Equivalents

العربية حَمْض أَمِينِيّ
Bosanski aminokiselina аминокиселина
Català aminoàcid
Čeština aminokyselina
Cymraeg asid amino
Dansk aminosyre
Deutsch Aminosäure
Ελληνικά αμινοξύ
Esperanto amina acido
Español aminoácido
Suomi aminohappo
Français acide aminé aminoacide
Gaeilge aimínaigéad
Galego aminoácido
Hrvatski aminokiselina аминокиселина
Magyar aminosav
Bahasa Indonesia asam amino
Íslenska amínósýra
Italiano aminoacido amminoacido
日本語 アミノ酸
ქართული ამინომჟავა
ភាសាខ្មែរ អាស៊ីតអាមីនេ
한국어 아미노산
Nederlands aminozuur
Polski aminokwas aminokwasowy
Português aminoácido
Română aminoacid
Русский аминокислота
Српски aminokiselina аминокиселина
Svenska aminosyra
Kiswahili asidi ya amino
Türkçe amino asit aminoasit

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

amino alcohol amino aldehyde amino carbohydrate amino sugar aminoacetaldehyde aminoacetate

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