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glycosyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
gly-co-syl
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any functional group derived from a sugar (especially from a monosaccharide) by removal of the hemiacetal hydroxy group.

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 From glycose + -yl.

Inflected Forms

glycosyls (plural)

Derived Forms

diglycosyl glycosylamine glycosylase glycosylate glycosylation glycosylhydrolase glycosylic glycosyllipid glycosylphosphatidyl glycosyltransferase monoglycosyl transglycosylase

Phrases

glycosyl-amino-acid

Questions

What does glycosyl mean?
Any functional group derived from a sugar (especially from a monosaccharide) by removal of the hemiacetal hydroxy group.
Where does glycosyl come from?
Etymology tree 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 From glycose + -yl.

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