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cerebroside

cerebroside noun: any of several glycosphingolipids found in the membranes of muscle and nervous tissue.

Noun

cerebroside (plural cerebrosides)

  1. Any of several glycosphingolipids found in the membranes of muscle and nervous tissue

cerebroside meaning in Tamil

cerebroside in Tamil

செரிபுரோசைட்டு

Forms of cerebroside

pluralcerebrosides

Origin of cerebroside

From cerebrose galactose, cerebro- + -ose + -ide.

Words formed from cerebroside

Questions about cerebroside

What does cerebroside mean?
Cerebroside means any of several glycosphingolipids found in the membranes of muscle and nervous tissue.
What is cerebroside in Tamil?
Cerebroside in Tamil is செரிபுரோசைட்டு. See Cerebroside meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cerebroside?
Cerebroside is a noun.
What is the plural of cerebroside?
The plural of cerebroside is cerebrosides.

Words near cerebroside in the dictionary

  1. cerebrosclerosis
  2. cerebroscopy
  3. cerebrose
  4. cerebrosidase
  5. cerebrosidases
  6. cerebroside
  7. cerebrosides
  8. cerebrosidosis
  9. cerebrospinal
  10. cerebrospinal axis
  11. cerebrospinal fluid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cerebroside (page history and authors); cerebroside (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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