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galactosphingolipid

galactosphingolipid noun: any sphingolipid in which the sugar component is galactose.

Noun

galactosphingolipid (plural galactosphingolipids)

  1. Any sphingolipid in which the sugar component is galactose

Forms of galactosphingolipid

pluralgalactosphingolipids

Origin of galactosphingolipid

From galacto- + sphingolipid.

Questions about galactosphingolipid

What does galactosphingolipid mean?
Galactosphingolipid means any sphingolipid in which the sugar component is galactose.
What part of speech is galactosphingolipid?
Galactosphingolipid is a noun.
What is the plural of galactosphingolipid?
The plural of galactosphingolipid is galactosphingolipids.

Words near galactosphingolipid in the dictionary

  1. galactosialidosis
  2. galactosidase
  3. galactosidases
  4. galactoside
  5. galactosides
  6. galactosphingolipid
  7. galactosphingolipids
  8. galactostereochemistry
  9. galactosucrose
  10. galactosugar
  11. galactosugars

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