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mycosamine

mycosamine noun: the aminosugar 3-amino-3,6-dideoxy-D-mannose.

Noun

mycosamine (uncountable)

  1. The aminosugar 3-amino-3,6-dideoxy-D-mannose

Questions about mycosamine

What does mycosamine mean?
Mycosamine means the aminosugar 3-amino-3,6-dideoxy-D-mannose.
What part of speech is mycosamine?
Mycosamine is a noun.

Words near mycosamine in the dictionary

  1. mycorrhizospheres
  2. mycorrhizospheric
  3. mycorrhyzal
  4. mycosaccharide
  5. mycosaccharides
  6. mycosamine
  7. mycosanoate
  8. mycosanoates
  9. mycosanoic acid
  10. mycose
  11. mycoserologic

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