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phosphoglycerol

phosphoglycerol noun: the glycerol ester of phosphoric acid that is a component of phospholipids.

Noun

phosphoglycerol (countable and uncountable, plural phosphoglycerols)

  1. The glycerol ester of phosphoric acid that is a component of phospholipids

Forms of phosphoglycerol

pluralphosphoglycerols

Origin of phosphoglycerol

From phospho- + glycerol.

Questions about phosphoglycerol

What does phosphoglycerol mean?
Phosphoglycerol means the glycerol ester of phosphoric acid that is a component of phospholipids.
What part of speech is phosphoglycerol?
Phosphoglycerol is a noun.
What is the plural of phosphoglycerol?
The plural of phosphoglycerol is phosphoglycerols.

Words near phosphoglycerol in the dictionary

  1. phosphoglyceric acids
  2. phosphoglyceride
  3. phosphoglycerides
  4. phosphoglycerokinase
  5. phosphoglycerokinases
  6. phosphoglycerol
  7. phosphoglycerolipid
  8. phosphoglycerolipids
  9. phosphoglycerols
  10. phosphoglyceromutase
  11. phosphoglyceromutases

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