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glycolytically

glycolytically adverb: by means of glycolysis.

Adverb

glycolytically (not comparable)

  1. By means of glycolysis.
    • We speculate that lactate may be used as an alternate energy source for neurons, potentially via shuttling of glycolytically derived carbons from astrocytes, especially in hypoxia.2015 June 15, Hai-tao Zhu et al., “Hyperbaric oxygen therapy ameliorates acute brain injury after porcine intracerebral hemorrhage at high altitude”, in Critical Care, volume 19, →DOI

Origin of glycolytically

From glycolytic + -ally.

Questions about glycolytically

What does glycolytically mean?
Glycolytically means by means of glycolysis.
What part of speech is glycolytically?
Glycolytically is an adverb.

Words near glycolytically in the dictionary

  1. glycolylurea
  2. glycolysable
  3. glycolyses
  4. glycolysis
  5. glycolytic
  6. glycolytically
  7. glycolyzable
  8. glycolyze
  9. glycomacropeptide
  10. glycomacropeptides
  11. glycomarker

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