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glycoinositol

glycoinositol noun: inositol and another carbohydrate (typically as part of a phospholipid).

Noun

glycoinositol (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) inositol and another carbohydrate (typically as part of a phospholipid)
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Origin of glycoinositol

From glyco- + inositol.

Questions about glycoinositol

What does glycoinositol mean?
Glycoinositol means inositol and another carbohydrate (typically as part of a phospholipid).
What part of speech is glycoinositol?
Glycoinositol is a noun.

Words near glycoinositol in the dictionary

  1. glycohydrolyses
  2. glycohydrolysis
  3. glycohydrolytic
  4. glycoinformatic
  5. glycoinformatics
  6. glycoinositol
  7. glycoinositolphospholipid
  8. glycoinositolphospholipids
  9. glycoisoform
  10. glycoisoforms
  11. glycol

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