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glycotoxic

glycotoxic adjective: toxic as a result of excessive sugars.

Adjective

glycotoxic (not comparable)

  1. toxic as a result of excessive sugars
    • The combination of ATP deletion and glycotoxic stress is likely to occur in many contexts relevant to human pathology.2016 January 27, “Mitochondrial Dysfunction Plus High-Sugar Diet Provokes a Metabolic Crisis That Inhibits Growth”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  2. Relating to glycotoxins

Origin of glycotoxic

From glyco- + toxic.

Questions about glycotoxic

What does glycotoxic mean?
Glycotoxic means toxic as a result of excessive sugars.
What part of speech is glycotoxic?
Glycotoxic is an adjective.

Words near glycotoxic in the dictionary

  1. glycosynthases
  2. glycosyntheses
  3. glycosynthesis
  4. glycotope
  5. glycotopes
  6. glycotoxic
  7. glycotoxicity
  8. glycotoxin
  9. glycotoxins
  10. glycotransferase
  11. glycotransferases

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