phenylalanine
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1. an 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 (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | essential amino acid, |
| definition | : | an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize; must be supplied in the diet (noun.substance) |
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