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glutamate

/ˈɡluː.tə.meɪt/ UK
[ˈɡlʉː.tə.mɛɪ̯t] UK
/ˈɡlu.tə.meɪt/ Canada, US
[ˈɡɫu̟.ɾə.meɪ̯t] Canada, US
/ˈɡlʉː.tə.mæɪt/ Australia
[ˈɡɫʉː.ɾə.mæɪ̯t] Australia

noun glutamates

Any salt or ester of glutamic acid.
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.

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noun salt or ester of glutamic acid

Español	glutamato
中文	谷氨酸盐 gǔ'ānsuānyán
Português	glutamato
Français	glutamate
Deutsch	Glutamat
Italiano	glutamato, glutammato

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@misc{glutamate_2026,
  title = {glutamate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glutamate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}