Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gamma_aminobutyric_acid

1 sense of gamma aminobutyric acid

Sense 1
gamma aminobutyric acid, GABA -- (an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system; acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter)
       => amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid -- (organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids")
       => neurotransmitter -- (a neurochemical that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse)