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glycosyl

glycosyl noun: any functional group derived from a sugar (especially from a monosaccharide) by removal of the hemiacetal hydroxy group.

Noun

glycosyl (plural glycosyls)

  1. Any functional group derived from a sugar (especially from a monosaccharide) by removal of the hemiacetal hydroxy group.

Forms of glycosyl

pluralglycosyls

Origin of glycosyl

From glycose + -yl.

Words formed from glycosyl

Questions about glycosyl

What does glycosyl mean?
Glycosyl means any functional group derived from a sugar (especially from a monosaccharide) by removal of the hemiacetal hydroxy group.
What part of speech is glycosyl?
Glycosyl is a noun.
What is the plural of glycosyl?
The plural of glycosyl is glycosyls.

Words near glycosyl in the dictionary

  1. glycosulphatase
  2. glycosulphatases
  3. glycosuria
  4. glycosurias
  5. glycosuric
  6. glycosyl
  7. glycosyl-amino-acid
  8. glycosyl-amino-acids
  9. glycosylamine
  10. glycosylamines
  11. glycosylaminogylcan

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