glutamic acid
glu·tam·ic acid
noun \(ˌ)glü-ˌtam-ik-\Definition of GLUTAMIC ACID
: a crystalline amino acid C5H9NO4 that is widely distributed in plant and animal proteins and that acts throughout the central nervous system especially in the form of a salt or ester as a neurotransmitter which excites postsynaptic neurons—abbreviation Glu
