glutamic acid

English

Etymology

Calque of German Glutaminsäure.[1]

Noun

glutamic acid (uncountable)

  2. (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid, α-amino-glutaric acid, occurring widely in animal and plant tissues; the salt, monosodium glutamate is used as a flavour-enhancing seasoning.
    Alternative forms: (symbols) Glu, E
    Coordinate term: glutamate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)
    Near-synonym: E620 (when used as a flavour enhancer)

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  1. ^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “glutamic, a.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
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