HyperDic: phenylalanine

English > 1 sense of the word phenylalanine:
NOUNsubstancephenylalaninean essential amino acid found in proteins and needed for growth of children and for protein metabolism in children and adults
English > phenylalanine: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningAn essential amino acid found in proteins and needed for growth of children and for protein metabolism in children and adults; abundant in milk and eggs; it is normally converted to tyrosine in the human body.
Broaderessential amino acidAn amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize
Spanishfenilalanina
Catalanfenilalanina

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