Definition of "glutamic" [glu•tam•ic]

• Of, pertaining to, or derived from glutamic acid (adjective)

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• "The test came back positive for antibodies directed against a brain enzyme called glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)."
• "A gene called glutamic acid decarboxylase, or GAD, is delivered to the cells via an inert virus."
• "That means that there has to be built-in redundancy: for instance, GAA in DNA and RNA codes for the amino acid called glutamic acid, but so does GAG."