Term: gamma aminobutyric acid: an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system; acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: sergeant major: a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: elastomer: any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed)
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: diegueno: a member of a North American Indian people of southern California
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: hyperemesis gravidarum: hyperemesis during pregnancy; if severe it can result in damage to the brain and liver and kidney
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: celeriac: grown for its thickened edible aromatic root
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: tritium: a radioactive isotope of hydrogen; atoms of tritium have three times the mass of ordinary hydrogen atoms
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: dilution: weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: bucksaw: a saw that is set in a frame in the shape of an H; used with both hands to cut wood that is held in a sawbuck
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: peanut: widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: tay-sachs disease: a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood