Meanings
nounsialyloligosaccharide (plural sialyloligosaccharides)
plural sialyloligosaccharides
- biochemistryAny oligosaccharide related to sialic acid
Origin
- Ancient Greekσῐ́ᾰλον (sĭ́ălon)
- Englishsialic
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishsialyl
- Ancient Greekὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos)
- Englisholigo-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
- Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
- Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
- Palisakkharā
- Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
- Latinsaccharon
- Latinsaccharum
- Englishsaccharo-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englishsaccharide
- Englisholigosaccharide
- Englishsialyloligosaccharide
From sialyl + oligosaccharide.
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