Etymology

glycocoll

G2L1Y4C3O1C3O1L1L1

Today it means: glycine Full definition →

Ancient Greek κόλλα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκόλλα“glue”
  2. English todayglycocoll

From glyco- + Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκόλλα all →

collagencolloidcollotypecolloblastcollocytecollophoredesmocollinosteocolla

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