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cerebrose

cerebrose noun: a sugar-like body obtained by the decomposition of the nitrogenous non-phosphorized principles of the brain.

Noun

cerebrose (uncountable)

  1. A sugar-like body obtained by the decomposition of the nitrogenous non-phosphorized principles of the brain.

Origin of cerebrose

From cerebrum + -ose.

Questions about cerebrose

What does cerebrose mean?
Cerebrose means a sugar-like body obtained by the decomposition of the nitrogenous non-phosphorized principles of the brain.
What part of speech is cerebrose?
Cerebrose is a noun.

Words near cerebrose in the dictionary

  1. cerebroprotein
  2. cerebrorenal
  3. cerebroretinal
  4. cerebrosclerosis
  5. cerebroscopy
  6. cerebrose
  7. cerebrosidase
  8. cerebrosidases
  9. cerebroside
  10. cerebrosides
  11. cerebrosidosis

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