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amino acid
Overview of noun amino-acid
The noun amino acid has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid -- (organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun amino-acid
1 sense of amino acid
Sense 1
amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid
=> organic compound
=> compound, chemical compound
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun amino-acid
1 sense of amino acid
Sense 1
amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid
=> alanine
=> asparagine
=> aspartic acid
=> canavanine
=> citrulline
=> cysteine
=> cystine
=> dopa, dihydroxyphenylalanine
=> essential amino acid
=> gamma aminobutyric acid, GABA
=> glutamic acid, glutaminic acid
=> glutamine
=> glycine
=> hydroxyproline
=> iodoamino acid
=> ornithine
=> proline
=> creatine, creatin
=> sarcosine
=> serine
=> thyronine
=> tyramine
=> tyrosine
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun amino-acid
1 sense of amino acid
Sense 1
amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid
=> organic compound
Antonyms of noun amino-acid
Member Holonyms of noun amino-acid
Substance Holonyms of noun amino-acid
1 sense of amino acid
Sense 1
amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid
SUBSTANCE OF: protein
Part Holonyms of noun amino-acid
Member Meronyms of noun amino-acid
Substance Meronyms of noun amino-acid
Part Meronyms of noun amino-acid
Meronyms of noun amino-acid
Holonyms of noun amino-acid
1 sense of amino acid
Sense 1
amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid
SUBSTANCE OF: protein
Attributes of noun amino-acid
Derived Forms of noun amino-acid
Domain of noun amino-acid
Domain Terms of noun amino-acid
Familiarity of noun amino-acid
amino acid used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun amino-acid
1 sense of amino acid
Sense 1
amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid
> organic compound
=> aldehyde
=> aliphatic compound
=> alkylbenzene
=> alkyl halide, haloalkane
=> amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid
=> diamine
=> enol
=> halon
=> peptone
=> quaternary ammonium compound
=> proenzyme, zymogen
=> propylthiouracil
=> ether
=> acetal
=> aldol, aldehyde-alcohol
=> alkaloid
=> amide
=> rennet
=> azadirachtin
=> thiazine
=> cacodyl, tetramethyldiarsine
=> neurochemical
=> acyl anhydrides, acid anhydrides
=> acyl halide, acid halide
=> creosote, coal-tar creosote
=> creosote
=> nitrile, nitril, cyanide
=> cyanohydrin
=> ester
=> furan, furane, furfuran
=> glycoside
=> resin, rosin
=> halocarbon
=> hemiacetal
=> hemolysin, haemolysin, erythrolysin, erythrocytolysin
=> humic substance
=> hydrocarbon
=> ketone
=> macromolecule, supermolecule
=> nitrobenzene
=> oxime
=> petrochemical
=> phosphocreatine, creatine phosphate, creatine phosphoric acid
=> phenol
=> pyrimidine
=> quassia
=> steroid
=> nonsteroid, nonsteroidal
=> thiouracil
=> urea, carbamide
=> imide
=> xanthine
Meronyms of noun amino-acid
1 sense of amino acid
Holonyms of noun amino-acid
1 sense of amino acid
Sense 1
amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid
SUBSTANCE OF: protein
SUBSTANCE OF: meat
SUBSTANCE OF: egg, eggs
SUBSTANCE OF: milk
SUBSTANCE OF: legume
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