Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nmda

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: nm-da
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of N-Methyl-D-aspartic acid, an amino acid derivative.

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."

Questions

What does nmda mean?: Abbreviation of N-Methyl-D-aspartic acid, an amino acid derivative.

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