glutamine

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/ˈɡlutəmiːn/

noun

A nonessential amino acid C₅H₁₀N₂O₃ found in most animal and plant proteins.

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Meanings

nounglutamine (countable and uncountable, plural glutamines)

plural glutamines

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryA nonessential amino acid C₅H₁₀N₂O₃ found in most animal and plant proteins.

Origin

From gluta- + -amine.

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Translations

Bulgarian глутамин
  • глутамин (glutamin)nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
Catalan glutamina
  • glutaminanonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
Czech glutamin
  • glutaminnonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
Esperanto glutamino
  • glutaminononessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
Finnish glutamiini
  • glutamiininonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
French glutamine
  • glutaminenonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
German Glutamin
  • Glutaminnonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
Greek γλουταμίνη
  • γλουταμίνη (gloutamíni)nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
Hungarian glutamin
  • glutaminnonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
Italian glutammina
  • glutamminanonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
Japanese グルタミン
  • グルタミン (gurutamin)nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
Persian گلوتامین
  • گلوتامین (gelutâmin)nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
Polish glutamina
  • glutaminanonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
Portuguese glutamina
  • glutaminanonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
Romanian glutamină
  • glutaminănonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
Russian глутами́н
  • глутами́н (glutamín)nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
Spanish glutamina
  • glutaminanonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
Swedish glutamin
  • glutaminnonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
Ukrainian глютамі́н, глутамі́н
  • глютамі́н (hljutamín)nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • глутамі́н (hlutamín)nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

teguminal
Cite this entry
APA

glutamine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glutamine

MLA

“glutamine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glutamine. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glutamine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glutamine.

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