Etymology

hyperglycosylation

Today it means: Excessive glycosylation Full definition →

English glycosylation ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*dlukús
  8. Ancient Greekγλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)
  9. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  10. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  11. Frenchglucose
  12. Englishglucosebf.
  13. Englishglycose
  14. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  15. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  16. Englishglycosyl
  17. Englishglycosylation
  18. English todayhyperglycosylation

From hyper- + glycosylation.

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