VALINE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An essential amino acid found in proteins; important for growth in children and nitrogen balance in adults

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("valine" is a kind 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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 Context examples: 

The lipid emulsion portion contains soybean oil, medium-chain triglycerides, olive oil and fish oil; the amino acid solution contains alanine, arginine, glycine, histidine, leucine, isoleucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, taurine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, and valine.

(Electrolyte-free Parenteral Nutrition Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)