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Noun
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A dicarboxylic acid, HO₂C(CH₂)₅CO₂H, whose derivatives are involved in the biosynthesis of lysine.

See Also
diaminopimelic acid biosynthesis derivative lysine pimeloyl pimelic dicarboxylic acid pimelate
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Rhyming Words
cid acid scid picid arcid alcid mucid lucid ficid lycid coccid esocid odacid marcid muscid raucid chacid viscid caecid diacid
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