Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glutamate

/ˈɡlu.tə.meɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: glu-ta-mate
IPA: /ˈɡlu.tə.meɪt/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of glutamic acid.

noun

The anion of glutamic acid in its role as a neurotransmitter.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From glutamic acid + -ate.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɡlu.tə.meɪt/
British English: /ˈɡluː.tə.meɪt/

Inflected Forms

glutamates (plural)

Derived Forms

aspartylglutamate glutamatergia glutamatergic heptaglutamate hexaglutamate monoglutamate octaglutamate pentaglutamate polyglutamate tetraglutamate triglutamate

Phrases

monammonium glutamate monopotassium glutamate monosodium glutamate monosodium glutamate symptom complex sodium glutamate

Questions

How do you pronounce glutamate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡlu.tə.meɪt/.
What does glutamate mean?: Any salt or ester of glutamic acid.
Where does glutamate come from?: From glutamic acid + -ate.

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