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deoxyfucose

deoxyfucose noun: any deoxy sugar derived from fucose, but especially 4-deoxyfucose.

Noun

deoxyfucose (plural deoxyfucoses)

  1. Any deoxy sugar derived from fucose, but especially 4-deoxyfucose

Forms of deoxyfucose

pluraldeoxyfucoses

Origin of deoxyfucose

From deoxy- + fucose.

Questions about deoxyfucose

What does deoxyfucose mean?
Deoxyfucose means any deoxy sugar derived from fucose, but especially 4-deoxyfucose.
What part of speech is deoxyfucose?
Deoxyfucose is a noun.
What is the plural of deoxyfucose?
The plural of deoxyfucose is deoxyfucoses.

Words near deoxyfucose in the dictionary

  1. deoxyepinephrine
  2. deoxyerythronolide
  3. deoxyfluorination
  4. deoxyfluorinations
  5. deoxyfluoroglucose
  6. deoxyfucose
  7. deoxyfucoses
  8. deoxygalactonojirimycin
  9. deoxygalactose
  10. deoxygenase
  11. deoxygenases

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