Glutamate

//ˈɡlu.tə.meɪt// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1
Any salt or ester of glutamic acid.
2
a salt or ester of glutamic acid wordnet
3
The anion of glutamic acid in its role as a neurotransmitter.
"At a synaptic level, the axon terminal having to repeatedly release glutamate is the lecturer droning on repetitively; the moment when the postsynaptic threshold is passed and the NMDA receptors first activate is the dendritic spine finally getting it."

Example

"Tom is allergic to monosodium glutamate."

Etymology

From glutamic acid + -ate.

Related phrases

monammonium glutamate monopotassium glutamate monosodium glutamate monosodium glutamate symptom complex sodium glutamate glutamic acid

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