Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

galactosylsphingosine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
galac-to-syl-sph-in-go-sine
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
7
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The galactosyl derivative of sphingosine (2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-2-[(E,2S,3R)-2-amino-3-hydroxyoctadec-4-enoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol

Questions

What does galactosylsphingosine mean?
The galactosyl derivative of sphingosine (2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-2-[(E,2S,3R)-2-amino-3-hydroxyoctadec-4-enoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol

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