deglycosylate

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verb

To cause, or to undergo deglycosylation.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

verbdeglycosylate (third-person singular simple present deglycosylates, present participle deglycosylating, simple past and past participle deglycosylated)

present singular third person deglycosylates · participle present deglycosylating · participle past deglycosylated · past deglycosylated

  1. To cause, or to undergo deglycosylation.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  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. Englishglycosylationbf.
  18. Englishglycosylate
  19. Englishdeglycosylate

From de- + glycosylate.

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APA

deglycosylate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deglycosylate

MLA

“deglycosylate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deglycosylate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deglycosylate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deglycosylate.

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