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Webster 1913 Edition


Glutamic

Glu-tam′ic

,
Adj.
[
Glut
en +
-amic
.]
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to gluten.
Glutamic acid
,
a nitrogenous organic acid obtained from certain albuminoids, as gluten; – called also
amido-glutaric acid
.