Etymology

marthasteroside

M3A1R1T1H4A1S1T1E1R1O1S1I1D2E1

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The story

After Marthasterias glacialis, a species of starfish from which it was isolated, + -oside

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.