Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulfogalactosyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sul-fo-galac-to-syl
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The univalent radical derived from galactosyl sulfate

Example Sentences

"Earlier we showed that sphingosine ( Fig 1 ), which lacks the sulfogalactosyl moiety of lyso-SF, requires fVa for its inhibition of II activation [ 21 ]."

Etymology

From sulfo- + galactosyl.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sulfo

Inflected Forms

sulfogalactosyls (plural)

Questions

What does sulfogalactosyl mean?: The univalent radical derived from galactosyl sulfate
Where does sulfogalactosyl come from?: From sulfo- + galactosyl.

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