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Definition: Glutamate |
GlutamateNoun1. A salt or ester of glutamic acid. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Excitatory neurotransmitter of the brain. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Excitatory neuromediator. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| GluR | English | Glutamate receptor | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: Glutamate |
| English words defined with "glutamate": Chinese restaurant syndrome ♦ glutamic acid, glutaminic acid ♦ seasoned salt. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "glutamate": 2-Aminoadipic Acid ♦ 3-Mercaptopropionic Acid ♦ Allylglycine, alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid, Amino Acid Neurotransmitters, AMPA-kainate receptor ♦ Corynebacterium glutamicum ♦ Dextromethorphan ♦ excitotoxicity ♦ gamma-Glutamylcyclotransferase, glutamate antagonist, Glutamate Synthase, Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase ♦ kainate ♦ metabotropic, metabotropic receptor, methionine sulfoximine ♦ N-Methylaspartate ♦ Ornithine-Oxo-Acid Transaminase ♦ Pyroglutamate Hydrolase ♦ Receptors, Amino Acid, Receptors, AMPA, Receptors, Glutamate, Receptors, Kainic Acid, Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, Riluzole ♦ Sodium, Dietary. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The NMDA receptor complex. Activation (i.e., excitation) occurs when either glutamate (Glu) or N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) and glycine (Gly) bind to the receptor molecule. Credit: NIAA. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | One brain chemical of special interest to neuroscientists is glutamate. (references) | |
Eating foods prepared with monosodium glutamate (MSG) can result in headache. (references) | ||
Studies also have focused on the role of glutamate in motor neuron degeneration. (references) | ||
Business | Some local products satisfy local market demand and are exported in large quantities, such as monosodium glutamate (MSG), citric acid, and benzoic sulfimide. (references) | |
China’s main food additives are MSG (monosodium glutamate), enzyme preparation, citric acid, edulcorator, aromatics, emulsifiers, antiseptics, and antioxidants. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Glutamate" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Glutamate" is used about 129 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 129 | 28,132 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "glutamate": glutamate antagonist ♦ glutamate cascade ♦ Glutamate Decarboxylase ♦ Glutamate Dehydrogenase ♦ Glutamate Dehydrogenase (NADP) ♦ Glutamate Dehydrogenase (NADP+) ♦ Glutamate Synthase ♦ monosodium glutamate ♦ Sodium Glutamate. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "glutamate": Glutamate-Ammonia, Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase, Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase, glutamate-evoked, glutamate-gated, glutamate-induced, glutamate-mediated, glutamate-receptor, Glutamate-tRNA, Glutamate-tRNA Ligase. | |
Ending with "glutamate": l-glutamate. | |
Containing "glutamate": L-glutamate-induced. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "glutamate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 谷氨酸. (various references) | |
Danish | glutamat-dehydrogenase (glutamate dehydrogenase), natriumglutaminat (monosodiumglutamate, sodium glutamate), mononatriumglutaminat (monosodium glutamate), monoammoniumglutaminat (monoammonium glutamate), E624 (monoammonium glutamate), E621 (monosodium glutamate), calciumglutamat (calcium glutamate). (various references) | |
Dutch | glutamaat dehydrogenase (glutamate dehydrogenase), Ve-tsin (monosodium glutamate), natriumglutaminaat (monosodiumglutamate, sodium glutamate), natriumglutamaat (monosodium glutamate, monosodiumglutamate, sodium glutamate), MSG (monosodium glutamate), mononatrium-L-glutamaat-monohydraat (monosodium glutamate), mononatriumglutamaat (monosodium glutamate, monosodiumglutamate, sodium glutamate), monoammonium-L-glutamaat-monohydraat (monoammonium glutamate), monoammoniumglutamaat (monoammonium glutamate), E624 (monoammonium glutamate), E621 (monosodium glutamate), calciumglutamaat (calcium glutamate), ammoniumglutamaat (monoammonium glutamate). (various references) | |
Finnish | glutamaattidehydrogenaasi (glutamate dehydrogenase), natriumglutamaatti (glutamate sodium, sodium glutamate), mononatriumglutamaatti (E621, monosodium glutamate, monosodiumglutamate, sodium glutamate), monoammoniumglutamaatti (E624, monoammonium glutamate), kalsiumglutamaatti (calcium glutamate), E 624 (E624, monoammonium glutamate), E 621 (E621, monosodium glutamate, monosodiumglutamate, sodium glutamate). (various references) | |
French | glutamate (glutamate sodium, sodium glutamate). (various references) | |
German | Glutamat. (various references) | |
Greek | όξινο γλουταμινικό νάτριο (E621, monosodium glutamate), όξινο γλουταμινικό αμμώνιο (E624, monoammonium glutamate), γλoυταμικό ασβέστιo (calcium glutamate), γλουταμική δεσυδρογονάση (glutamate dehydrogenase), Ε624 (E624, monoammonium glutamate), Ε621 (E621, monosodium glutamate). (various references) | |
Italian | glutammato. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | グルタミン酸ナトリウム (golf bag, golf course, gourmand, gourmet, gray, gray zone, gray-collar, graying, great, grey, sodium glutamate), 味の素 (monosodium glutamate, MSG). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | あじのもと (monosodium glutamate, MSG), グルタミンさんナトリウム (sodium glutamate). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | utamateglay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | glutamato monossódico (monosodium glutamate), glutamato monoamónico (monoammonium glutamate), glutamato desidrogenase (glutamate dehydrogenase), glutamato de sódio (sodium glutamate), glutamato de cálcio (calcium glutamate), E624 (E624, monoammonium glutamate), E621 (E621, monosodium glutamate, monosodiumglutamate, sodium glutamate). (various references) | |
Spanish | glutamato. (various references) | |
Swedish | glutamat. (various references) | |
Thai | ผงชูรส. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | глутамат. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "glutamate": glutamates. (additional references) | |
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"Glutamate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: glutarate, glutemate, glutimate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "glutamate" (pronounced gluw"tumā't) |
| 5 | -t u m ā' t | automate, overestimate, underestimate. |
| 4 | -u m ā' t | amalgamate, acclimate, decimate. |
| 3 | -m ā' t | checkmate, classmate, dichromate, inmate, playmate, primate, roommate, schoolmate, shipmate, stalemate, teammate. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-l-m-t-t-u" | |
-3 letters: agleam, amulet, gateau, guttae, guttle, malate, meatal, muleta, mutate, tamale. | |
-4 letters: agate, aglet, alate, algae, algum, almug, galea, gamut, gault, gleam, glume, gutta, latte, lutea, matte, metal, tamal, tegua, ulama, ulema. | |
-5 letters: agma, ague, alae, alga, alma, alme, alum, atma, egal, gala, gale, gama, game, gate, gaum, gelt, geta, geum, glue, glum, glut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-l-m-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: glutamates. | |
+4 letters: multimegawatt. | |
+5 letters: hemagglutinate, multimegawatts. | |
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