Indispensable nutrients (including amino acids) are those without which life is impossible. Indispensable nutrients that cannot be internally produced, but must be consumed from some external source, are called essential. "Essential" is a scientific term of art in nutrition (i.e. it has a fixed, universally understood meaning); "indispensable ... More @Wikipedia
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