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glycosylate

US/ˌɡlaɪ.koʊˈsaɪˌleɪt/

glycosylate verb: to react with a sugar to form a glycoside (especially a glycoprotein).

Verb

glycosylate (third-person singular simple present glycosylates, present participle glycosylating, simple past and past participle glycosylated)

  1. To react with a sugar to form a glycoside (especially a glycoprotein)

Forms of glycosylate

third-person singular presentglycosylates
present participleglycosylating
past participleglycosylated
pastglycosylated

Origin of glycosylate

From glycosyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix), or back-formation from glycosylation.

Words formed from glycosylate

Questions about glycosylate

What does glycosylate mean?
Glycosylate means to react with a sugar to form a glycoside (especially a glycoprotein).
What part of speech is glycosylate?
Glycosylate is a verb.
How do you pronounce glycosylate?
Glycosylate is pronounced /ˌɡlaɪ.koʊˈsaɪˌleɪt/ (US).
What is the past tense of glycosylate?
The past tense of glycosylate is glycosylated.

Words near glycosylate in the dictionary

  1. glycosylamines
  2. glycosylaminogylcan
  3. glycosylaminogylcans
  4. glycosylase
  5. glycosylases
  6. glycosylate
  7. glycosylated
  8. glycosylates
  9. glycosylating
  10. glycosylation
  11. glycosylational

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