Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glutamine

/ˈɡlutəmiːn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.50 in modern English

Syllables: glu-tamine
IPA: /ˈɡlutəmiːn/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From gluta- + -amine.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: gluta
Suffix: amine

Usage

Inflected Forms

glutamines (plural)

Derived Forms

glutaminase glutamination glutaminergic glutaminogenesis glutaminolysis glutaminyl isoglutamine oligoglutamine phenylacetylglutamine polyglutamine pyroglutamine transglutaminase

Frequently Paired Words

mul:Gln mul:Q

Questions

How do you pronounce glutamine?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡlutəmiːn/.
What does glutamine mean?: A nonessential amino acid C₅H₁₀N₂O₃ found in most animal and plant proteins.
Where does glutamine come from?: From gluta- + -amine.

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