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galactosamine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
galac-tosamine
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

an amino derivative of the sugar galactose; found in glycolipids and in mucopolysaccharides

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English galactose Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English amine English -amine English galactosamine From galactose + -amine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

galactosamines (plural)

Derived Forms

acetylgalactosamine galactosaminyl

Questions

What does galactosamine mean?
an amino derivative of the sugar galactose; found in glycolipids and in mucopolysaccharides
Where does galactosamine come from?
Etymology tree English galactose Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English amine English -amine English galactosamine From galactose + -amine.

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