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defucosylate

defucosylate verb: to remove a fucosyl group.

Verb

defucosylate (third-person singular simple present defucosylates, present participle defucosylating, simple past and past participle defucosylated)

  1. To remove a fucosyl group

Forms of defucosylate

third-person singular presentdefucosylates
present participledefucosylating
past participledefucosylated
pastdefucosylated

Origin of defucosylate

From de- + fucosylate.

Questions about defucosylate

What does defucosylate mean?
Defucosylate means to remove a fucosyl group.
What part of speech is defucosylate?
Defucosylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of defucosylate?
The past tense of defucosylate is defucosylated.

Words near defucosylate in the dictionary

  1. defthandedly
  2. defthandedness
  3. deftly
  4. deftness
  5. deftnesses
  6. defucosylate
  7. defucosylated
  8. defucosylates
  9. defucosylation
  10. defucosylations
  11. defuel

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