Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

galactosphingolipid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: galac-tosph-in-golipid
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any sphingolipid in which the sugar component is galactose

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek γᾰ́λᾰ (gắlă) Ancient Greek γάλακτ- (gálakt-)der. New Latinder. English galacto- English sphingolipid English galactosphingolipid From galacto- + sphingolipid.

Inflected Forms

galactosphingolipids (plural)

Questions

What does galactosphingolipid mean?: Any sphingolipid in which the sugar component is galactose
Where does galactosphingolipid come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek γᾰ́λᾰ (gắlă) Ancient Greek γάλακτ- (gálakt-)der. New Latinder. English galacto- English sphingolipid English galactosphingolipid From galacto- + sphingolipid.

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