essential amino acid

Noun

 * 1)  One of the nine naturally occurring amino acids that the human body cannot synthesize, and so must be provided by dietary protein.

Hyponyms

 * phenylalanine
 * valine
 * threonine
 * tryptophan
 * methionine
 * leucine
 * isoleucine
 * lysine
 * histidine

Translations

 * Catalan: aminoàcid essencial
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 必需氨基酸
 * Hokkien: 必需氨基酸
 * Mandarin: 必需氨基酸
 * Czech: esenciální aminokyselina
 * Finnish: välttämätön aminohappo
 * Galician: aminoácido esencial
 * German: essentielle Aminosäure
 * Hungarian: esszenciális aminosav
 * Italian: amminoacido essenziale
 * Japanese: 必須アミノ酸, 不可欠アミノ酸
 * Korean: 필수 아미노산, 불가결 아미노산
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: aminoácido essencial
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: esenciálna aminokyselina
 * Spanish: aminoácido esencial