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glycerophosphoinositol

glycerophosphoinositol noun: the inositol ester of glycerophosphoric acid.

Noun

glycerophosphoinositol (plural glycerophosphoinositols)

  1. The inositol ester of glycerophosphoric acid.
  2. (broadly) Any of its fatty acid derivatives - the phosphatidylinositols.

Forms of glycerophosphoinositol

pluralglycerophosphoinositols

Origin of glycerophosphoinositol

From glycero- + phospho- + inositol.

Questions about glycerophosphoinositol

What does glycerophosphoinositol mean?
Glycerophosphoinositol means the inositol ester of glycerophosphoric acid.
What part of speech is glycerophosphoinositol?
Glycerophosphoinositol is a noun.
What is the plural of glycerophosphoinositol?
The plural of glycerophosphoinositol is glycerophosphoinositols.

Words near glycerophosphoinositol in the dictionary

  1. glycerophosphoethanolamine
  2. glycerophosphoethanolamines
  3. glycerophosphoglucose
  4. glycerophosphoglycerol
  5. glycerophosphoglycerols
  6. glycerophosphoinositol
  7. glycerophosphoinositols
  8. glycerophospholipid
  9. glycerophospholipids
  10. glycerophosphonoethanolamine
  11. glycerophosphonoethanolamines

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