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glycosid

glycosid is the archaic form of glycoside.

Meaning of glycoside

Noun

glycoside (plural glycosides)

  1. A molecule in which a sugar group (the glycone) is bound to a non-sugar group (the corresponding aglycone) by a nitrogen or oxygen atom. Glycosides yield a sugar after undergoing hydrolysis.

Forms of glycosid

pluralglycosids

Questions about glycosid

What is glycosid the archaic form of?
Glycosid is the archaic form of glycoside.

Words near glycosid in the dictionary

  1. glycose
  2. glycosecretory
  3. glycosemia
  4. glycoses
  5. glycosic
  6. glycosid
  7. glycosidal
  8. glycosidase
  9. glycosidases
  10. glycosidation
  11. glycosidations

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