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glycocalix

glycocalix is the rare spelling of glycocalyx.

Meaning of glycocalyx

Noun

glycocalyx (plural glycocalyces or glycocalyxes)

  1. A filamentous coating of glycoprotein and polysaccharide on the surface of bacteria and some other cells.
    • Blood platelets and megakaryocytes from which they arise, both have ruthenium red positive glycocalyces in the form of globular particles; ruthenium red is known to react strongly with chondroitin sulphate.1976, L. T. Threadgold, The Ultrastructure of the Animal Cell, 2nd edition, Pergamon Press, page 146

Forms of glycocalix

pluralglycocalices

Origin of glycocalix

From glyco- + calix.

Questions about glycocalix

What is glycocalix the rare spelling of?
Glycocalix is the rare spelling of glycocalyx.

Words near glycocalix in the dictionary

  1. glycobiome
  2. glycobiomes
  3. glycoblotting
  4. glycocalices
  5. glycocalicin
  6. glycocalix
  7. glycocalyceal
  8. glycocalyces
  9. glycocalyx
  10. glycocalyxes
  11. glycocapture

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Adapted from Wiktionary: glycocalix (page history and authors); glycocalyx (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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