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glutamate

UK/ˈɡluː.tə.meɪt//ˈɡlu.tə.meɪt/

glutamate noun: any salt or ester of glutamic acid.

Noun

glutamate (plural glutamates)

  1. Any salt or ester of glutamic acid.
  2. 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.2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 5, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN

Forms of glutamate

pluralglutamates

Plural of glutamate: glutamates

Origin of glutamate

From glutamic acid + -ate.

Words formed from glutamate

Questions about glutamate

What does glutamate mean?
Glutamate means any salt or ester of glutamic acid.
What part of speech is glutamate?
Glutamate is a noun.
How do you pronounce glutamate?
Glutamate is pronounced /ˈɡluː.tə.meɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of glutamate?
The plural of glutamate is glutamates.

Words near glutamate in the dictionary

  1. glutaconic acid
  2. glutaeal
  3. glutaei
  4. glutaeus
  5. glutaldehyde
  6. glutamate
  7. glutamated
  8. glutamatergia
  9. glutamatergic
  10. glutamates
  11. glutamation

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