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glutamic acid
An amino acid; the sodium salt is monosodium glutamate. Cf.:glutamate.
- g. dehydrogenases SYN: glutamate dehydrogenases.
- g. hydrochloride a gastric acidifier alleged to aid in digestion; also used for gastric HCl replacement therapy.

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glu·tam·ic acid (.)glü-.tam-ik- n a crystalline amino acid C5H9NO4 that is widely distributed in plant and animal proteins and that acts throughout the central nervous system esp. in the form of a salt or ester as a neurotransmitter which excites postsynaptic neurons abbr. Glu

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(glutamate)
see amino acid, neurotransmitter

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glu·tam·ic ac·id (gloo-tamґik) a nonessential amino acid, α-aminoglutaric acid, occurring in proteins. It also serves as an excitatory neurotransmitter in all regions of the central nervous system. Symbols Glu and E. See also table at amino acid.

Medical dictionary. 2011.