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proteoglycan

proteoglycan noun: any of many glycoproteins that have heteropolysaccharide side chains.

Noun

proteoglycan (plural proteoglycans)

  1. Any of many glycoproteins that have heteropolysaccharide side chains

Forms of proteoglycan

pluralproteoglycans

Words formed from proteoglycan

Questions about proteoglycan

What does proteoglycan mean?
Proteoglycan means any of many glycoproteins that have heteropolysaccharide side chains.
What part of speech is proteoglycan?
Proteoglycan is a noun.
What is the plural of proteoglycan?
The plural of proteoglycan is proteoglycans.

Words near proteoglycan in the dictionary

  1. proteogenomical
  2. proteogenomically
  3. proteogenomics
  4. proteoglucan
  5. proteoglucans
  6. proteoglycan
  7. proteoglycanase
  8. proteoglycanases
  9. proteoglycans
  10. proteoglycolipid
  11. proteoglycolipids

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