"glutamic acid" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Calque of German Glutaminsäure. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|Glutaminsäure}} Calque of German Glutaminsäure Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} glutamic acid (uncountable)
  1. (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. Wikipedia link: glutamic acid Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Amino acids Synonyms: Glu, E620 when used as a flavour enhancer Related terms: glutamate, monosodium glutamate, umami Translations (the nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)): àcid glutàmic [masculine] (Catalan), 穀氨酸 /谷氨酸 (guk¹ on¹ syun¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 穀氨酸 /谷氨酸 (gǔ'ānsuān) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 麩胺酸 /麸胺酸 (fū'ānsuān) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), kyselina glutamová [feminine] (Czech), glutaminsyre (Danish), glutamiinihappo (Finnish), acide glutamique [masculine] (French), ácido glutámico [masculine] (Galician), Glutaminsäure [feminine] (German), γλουταμικό οξύ (gloutamikó oxý) [neuter] (Greek), glutaminsav (Hungarian), グルタミン酸 (gurutamin-san) (Japanese), глутамин қышқылы (glutamin qyşqyly) (Kazakh), kwas glutaminowy [masculine] (Polish), ácido glutâmico [masculine] (Portuguese), acid glutamic [masculine] (Romanian), глутами́новая кислота́ (glutamínovaja kislotá) [feminine] (Russian), ácido glutámico [masculine] (Spanish), glutaminsyra (Swedish)
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