Meanings
nounglycophosphatidylinositol (plural glycophosphatidylinositols)
plural glycophosphatidylinositols
- biochemistryAny glycolipid consisting of phosphatidylinositol attached to a sugar
Synonyms: glycosylphosphatidylinositol
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny glycolipid consisting of phosphatidylinositol attached to a sugar
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Origin
- Proto-Hellenic*dlukús
- Ancient Greekγλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)
- Englishglyco-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
- Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
- Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
- Latinphōsphorus
- Frenchphosphore
- Frenchphosphate
- Englishphosphate
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englishphosphatide
- Englishphosphatidate
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishphosphatidyl
- Proto-Indo-European*wéyHs
- Proto-Hellenic*wīs
- Ancient Greek*ϝῑ́ς (*wī́s)
- Ancient Greekῑ̓νός (īnós)
- Englishinosite
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishinositol
- Englishphosphatidylinositol
- Englishglycophosphatidylinositol
From glyco- + phosphatidylinositol.
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