Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cerebroside

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cere-bro-side
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several glycosphingolipids found in the membranes of muscle and nervous tissue

Etymology

From cerebrose galactose, cerebro- + -ose + -ide.

Inflected Forms

cerebrosides (plural)

Derived Forms

ceramide cerebrosidase galactocerebroside glucocerebroside lactocerebroside

Frequently Paired Words

asteriacerebroside myelin

Questions

What does cerebroside mean?: Any of several glycosphingolipids found in the membranes of muscle and nervous tissue
Where does cerebroside come from?: From cerebrose galactose, cerebro- + -ose + -ide.

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