Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diglycosylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
digly-co-sy-la-tion
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any reaction that adds two glycosyl groups

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s) Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English glycose Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English glycosyl Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English glycosylation English diglycosylation From di- + glycosylation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

diglycosylations (plural)

Questions

What does diglycosylation mean?
Any reaction that adds two glycosyl groups
Where does diglycosylation come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s) Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English glycose Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English glycosyl Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English glycosylation English diglycosylation From di- + glycosylation.

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