glutamate noun. ['glu:tǝmeɪt] L19.
[from GLUTAMIC + -ATE¹.]
Chemistry & Biochemistry. A salt or ester of glutamic acid, esp. a sodium salt used as a food additive to enhance flavour; the ion of glutamic acid, which is involved in nitrogen metabolism in man and other organisms.
MONOSODIUM glutamate.

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