Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glycosylphosphatidyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gly-co-sylphos-phatidyl
IPA
43
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of many radicals derived from glycolipids

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s) Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English glycose Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English glycosyl English phosphate English -ide English phosphatide English -ate English phosphatidate ▲ English -yl English phosphatidyl English glycosylphosphatidyl From glycosyl + phosphatidyl.

Usage

Synonyms

glycophosphatidyl

Questions

What does glycosylphosphatidyl mean?
Any of many radicals derived from glycolipids
Where does glycosylphosphatidyl come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s) Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English glycose Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English glycosyl English phosphate English -ide English phosphatide English -ate English phosphatidate ▲ English -yl English phosphatidyl English glycosylphosphatidyl From glycosyl + phosphatidyl.

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