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glyco-

glyco-
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Definitions of glyco- word

  • combining form glyco- indicating sugar 0
  • noun glyco- glycerol, sugar, sweet, glycogen, glycine 0
  • prefix glyco- Forms terms relating to sugars. 0
  • prefix glyco- Forms terms relating to glycogen. 0
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Parts of speech for Glyco-

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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glyco- popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Related words

  • glycogen

    a white, tasteless polysaccharide, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , molecularly similar to starch, constituting the principal carbohydrate storage material in animals and occurring chiefly in the liver, in muscle, and in fungi and yeasts.

  • glycogenesis

    the formation of glycogen from monosaccharides in the body, especially glucose.

  • glycogenetic

    of or relating to the formation of sugar in the liver.

  • glycolipid

    any of a class of lipids, comprising the cerebrosides and gangliosides, that upon hydrolysis yield galactose or a similar sugar, a fatty acid, and sphingosine or dihydrosphingosine.
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