Etymology

glycosaminoglycan

Today it means: Any polysaccharide that is a polymer of amino sugars; they are the carbohydrate units of proteoglycans. Full definition →

English glycan
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  1. Englishglycosamine
  2. Englishglycosamino-
  3. Englishglycan
  4. English todayglycosaminoglycan

From glycosamino- (“combining form of glycosamine”) + glycan (“polysaccharide”); compare aminoglycan.

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