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arginine

DEFINITIONS OF: arginine

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n a bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition; its absence from the diet leads to a reduced production of spermatozoa

Type of:
essential amino acid
an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize; must be supplied in the diet
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