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galactosugar

galactosugar noun: any sugar that has at least one galactose moiety.

Noun

galactosugar (plural galactosugars)

  1. Any sugar that has at least one galactose moiety

Forms of galactosugar

pluralgalactosugars

Origin of galactosugar

From galacto- + sugar.

Questions about galactosugar

What does galactosugar mean?
Galactosugar means any sugar that has at least one galactose moiety.
What part of speech is galactosugar?
Galactosugar is a noun.
What is the plural of galactosugar?
The plural of galactosugar is galactosugars.

Words near galactosugar in the dictionary

  1. galactosides
  2. galactosphingolipid
  3. galactosphingolipids
  4. galactostereochemistry
  5. galactosucrose
  6. galactosugar
  7. galactosugars
  8. galactosuria
  9. galactosyl
  10. galactosylate
  11. galactosylated

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