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glycome

glycome noun: all the polysaccharides, glycosides and similar carbohydrate-related compounds in an organism considered as a whole.

Noun

glycome (plural glycomes)

  1. All the polysaccharides, glycosides and similar carbohydrate-related compounds in an organism considered as a whole.

Forms of glycome

pluralglycomes

Origin of glycome

From glyco- + -ome.

Questions about glycome

What does glycome mean?
Glycome means all the polysaccharides, glycosides and similar carbohydrate-related compounds in an organism considered as a whole.
What part of speech is glycome?
Glycome is a noun.
What is the plural of glycome?
The plural of glycome is glycomes.

Words near glycome in the dictionary

  1. glycomacropeptide
  2. glycomacropeptides
  3. glycomarker
  4. glycomarkers
  5. glycomaturation
  6. glycome
  7. glycomes
  8. glycometabolic
  9. glycometabolism
  10. glycomic
  11. glycomics

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