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maltoside

maltoside noun: any glycoside of maltose, but especially any of a class of such alkyl glycosides that are used as specialized detergents.

Noun

maltoside (plural maltosides)

  1. Any glycoside of maltose, but especially any of a class of such alkyl glycosides that are used as specialized detergents

Forms of maltoside

pluralmaltosides

Origin of maltoside

From maltose + -ide.

Words formed from maltoside

Questions about maltoside

What does maltoside mean?
Maltoside means any glycoside of maltose, but especially any of a class of such alkyl glycosides that are used as specialized detergents.
What part of speech is maltoside?
Maltoside is a noun.
What is the plural of maltoside?
The plural of maltoside is maltosides.

Words near maltoside in the dictionary

  1. maltorsions
  2. maltosaccharide
  3. maltosaccharides
  4. maltose
  5. maltoses
  6. maltoside
  7. maltosides
  8. maltosyl
  9. maltosylated
  10. maltosyltransferase
  11. maltosyltransferases

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