Meanings
nounglycolysis (usually uncountable, plural glycolyses)
plural glycolyses
- uncountableusuallybiochemistryThe cellular degradation of the simple sugar glucose to yield pyruvic acid (pyruvate), and ATP as an energy source
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Catalan glicòlisi, glucòlisi
- glicòlisicellular degradation of glucose
- glucòlisicellular degradation of glucose
Chinese Mandarin 糖酵解
- 糖酵解 (tángjiàojiě)cellular degradation of glucose
Czech glykolýza
- glykolýzacellular degradation of glucose
Finnish glykolyysi
- glykolyysicellular degradation of glucose
French glycolyse
- glycolysecellular degradation of glucose
Italian glicolisi
- glicolisicellular degradation of glucose
Norwegian Bokmål glykolyse
- glykolysecellular degradation of glucose
Polish glikoliza
- glikolizacellular degradation of glucose
Portuguese glicólise
- glicólisecellular degradation of glucose
Romanian glicoliză, glicolize
- glicolizăcellular degradation of glucose
- glicolizecellular degradation of glucose
Russian глико́лиз
- глико́лиз (glikóliz)cellular degradation of glucose
Spanish glicólisis, glicolisis
- glicólisiscellular degradation of glucose
- glicolisiscellular degradation of glucose
- glucólisiscellular degradation of glucose
- glucolisiscellular degradation of glucose
Swedish glykolys
- glykolyscellular degradation of glucose
Vietnamese đường phân
- đường phâncellular degradation of glucose
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with glycolysis
hydrolysiselectrolysisproteolysispyrolysishemolysisrhabdomyolysisautolysisosteolysiscytolysisglycogenolysisacantholysisacetolysisachromatolysisacidolysisadipolysisalcoholysisangiolysisbacteriolysiscardiolysischemolysischromatolysiscollagenolysisenterolysiserythrolysis
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
glycolysis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glycolysis
MLA
“glycolysis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glycolysis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glycolysis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glycolysis.
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