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glutamine

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈɡlutəmiːn/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A nonessential amino acid C5H10N2O3 found in most animal and plant proteins.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins; important in protein metabolism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid

History

Etymology

From gluta- + -amine.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: глутамин (glutamin) — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Catalan: glutamina — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Czech: glutamin — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Esperanto: glutamino — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Finnish: glutamiini — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • French: glutamine — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Galician: glutamina — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • German: Glutamin — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Greek: γλουταμίνη (gloutamíni) — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Hungarian: glutamin — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Italian: glutammina — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Japanese: グルタミン (gurutamin) — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Kazakh: глутамин (glutamin) — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Mongolian: глутамин (glutamin) — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Persian: گلوتامین (gelutâmin) — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Polish: glutamina — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Portuguese: glutamina — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Romanian: glutamină — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Russian: глутами́н (glutamín) — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Spanish: glutamina — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Swedish: glutamin — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Ukrainian: глютамі́н (hljutamín) — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3
  • Ukrainian: глутамі́н (hlutamín) — nonessential amino acid; C5H10N2O3