Meanings
adjectiveacetylneuraminic (not comparable)
- not comparablechemistryDescribing acetyl derivatives of neuraminic acid
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*akēō
- Latinaceō
- Latinacēscō
- Latinacētum
- Englishaceto-
- Englishacet-
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishacetyl
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*snéh₁wr̥
- Ancient Greekνεῦρον (neûron)
- Ancient Greekνευρο- (neuro-)
- Englishneuro-
- Egyptianjmn
- Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
- LatinAmmōn
- Latinammoniacus
- Englishammonia
- Englishamine
- Englishneuraminic
- Englishacetylneuraminic
From acetyl + neuraminic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian acetilneuraminico
- acetilneuraminicodescribing acetyle derivatives
Spanish acetilneuramínico
- acetilneuramínicodescribing acetyle derivatives
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with acetylneuraminic
cliniccynicnicotinicrabbinicmuscarinicactinicMinnickvitaminicmonoclinicbaroclinicsuccinicpolyclinichomoclinicaminolevulinicantihistaminicolefinicheteroclinictriclinicapurinicapyrimidinicparaffinicFinnicabietinicachromatinic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
acetylneuraminic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acetylneuraminic
MLA
“acetylneuraminic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acetylneuraminic. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acetylneuraminic,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acetylneuraminic.
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