Meanings
nounglutamate (plural glutamates)
plural glutamates
- chemistryAny salt or ester of glutamic acid.
- medicineThe 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
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian глутамат
- глутамат (glutamat)salt or ester of glutamic acid
Catalan glutamat
- glutamatsalt or ester of glutamic acid
Chinese Mandarin 谷氨酸盐
- 谷氨酸盐 (gǔ'ānsuānyán)salt or ester of glutamic acid
Czech glutamát
- glutamátsalt or ester of glutamic acid
Finnish glutamaatti
- glutamaattisalt or ester of glutamic acid
French glutamate
- glutamatesalt or ester of glutamic acid
German Glutamat
- Glutamatsalt or ester of glutamic acid
Italian glutamato, glutammato
- glutamatosalt or ester of glutamic acid
- glutammatosalt or ester of glutamic acid
Polish glutaminian
- glutaminiansalt or ester of glutamic acid
Portuguese glutamato
- glutamatosalt or ester of glutamic acid
Slovak glutaman, glutamát
- glutamansalt or ester of glutamic acid
- glutamátsalt or ester of glutamic acid
Spanish glutamato
- glutamatosalt or ester of glutamic acid
Swedish glutamat
- glutamatsalt or ester of glutamic acid
Turkish glutamat
- glutamatsalt or ester of glutamic acid
Cite this entry
APA
glutamate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glutamate
MLA
“glutamate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glutamate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glutamate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glutamate.
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