gamma aminobutyric acid

1. 1.

   an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system; acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter

   SynonymsGABA

   Broaderamino acidneurotransmitter

Questions about gamma aminobutyric acid

What does gamma aminobutyric acid mean?

gamma aminobutyric acid means "an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system; acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter".

What is another word for gamma aminobutyric acid?

Close synonyms include GABA. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gamma aminobutyric acid a common word?

gamma aminobutyric acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.