glycoscience
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of several scientific disciplines that study complex carbohydrates and especially their relationships with protein and lipids.
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)der. English glyco- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Latin -ia Latin scientialbor. Old French sciencebor. Middle English science English science English glycoscience From glyco- + science.