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glycosphingolipid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gly-cosph-in-golipid
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a lipid that contains at least one monosaccharide unit and either a sphingoid or a ceramide

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)der. English glyco- English sphingolipid English glycosphingolipid From glyco- + sphingolipid.

Inflected Forms

glycosphingolipids (plural)

Derived Forms

glycosphingolipidosis

Frequently Paired Words

glucosphingolipid glycosylsphingoid glycosylceramide

Questions

What does glycosphingolipid mean?
a lipid that contains at least one monosaccharide unit and either a sphingoid or a ceramide
Where does glycosphingolipid come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)der. English glyco- English sphingolipid English glycosphingolipid From glyco- + sphingolipid.

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