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From mono + sialo- + dihexosyl + ganglioside.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
monosialodihexosylganglioside
Today it means: A type of ganglioside with structure Neu5Ac-Gal-Glc-ceramide, the most common membrane-bound glycosphingolipid in tissues. Full definition →