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xylosyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
xy-lo-syl
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A univalent radical derived from xylose.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kes-der. Proto-Indo-European *ksewlo-der.? Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ξῠ́λον (xŭ́lon) English xylo- Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English xylose Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English xylosyl From xylose + -yl.

Usage

Derived Forms

xylosylate xylosylation xylosylfructose xylosylprotein xylosyltransferase

Questions

What does xylosyl mean?
A univalent radical derived from xylose.
Where does xylosyl come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kes-der. Proto-Indo-European *ksewlo-der.? Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ξῠ́λον (xŭ́lon) English xylo- Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English xylose Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English xylosyl From xylose + -yl.

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