Meanings
noundeglycosylation (countable and uncountable, plural deglycosylations)
plural deglycosylations
- countableuncountablebiochemistryThe removal of the sugar entity from a glycogen (but especially from a glycoprotein)
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Hellenic*dlukús
- Ancient Greekγλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)
- Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
- Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
- Frenchglucose
- Englishglucosebf.
- Englishglycose
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishglycosyl
- Englishglycosylation
- Englishdeglycosylation
From de- + glycosylation.
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deglycosylation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deglycosylation
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“deglycosylation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deglycosylation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deglycosylation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deglycosylation.
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