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lyxohexosamine

lyxohexosamine noun: a hexosamine that is a lyxose.

Noun

lyxohexosamine (countable and uncountable, plural lyxohexosamines)

  1. A hexosamine that is a lyxose.
    • The author brings forward conclusive evidence of the identity of natural chondrosamine and synthetic lyxohexosamine.1917, Chemical Society (Great Britain), Journal of the Chemical Society (volume 112, part 1, page 633)
    • Chondrosamine is now thought to have the structure of a lyxohexosamine […]1964, Chemical Abstracts, volume 10, page 2712

Forms of lyxohexosamine

plurallyxohexosamines

Questions about lyxohexosamine

What does lyxohexosamine mean?
Lyxohexosamine means a hexosamine that is a lyxose.
What part of speech is lyxohexosamine?
Lyxohexosamine is a noun.
What is the plural of lyxohexosamine?
The plural of lyxohexosamine is lyxohexosamines.

Words near lyxohexosamine in the dictionary

  1. lyxitol
  2. lyxitols
  3. lyxoflavin
  4. lyxofuranose
  5. lyxofuranoses
  6. lyxohexosamine
  7. lyxohexosamines
  8. lyxonate
  9. lyxonates
  10. lyxonic acid
  11. lyxopyranose

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