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Amino

Amino is a term in chemistry or in biochemistry that refers to a compound containing -NH2. The word is derived from amine, however, the group -NH2 is found in several compounds such as amino acid, amides, and amines.

The word is sometimes compounded with another word to form a new compound word like aminobutyric.

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