Meanings
nountransgalactooligosaccharide (plural transgalactooligosaccharides)
plural transgalactooligosaccharides
- biochemistryThe normal form of galactooligosaccharide
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
- Proto-Italic*trāns
- Proto-Italic*trāns-
- Latintrans-
- Englishtrans-
- Ancient Greekγᾰ́λᾰ (gắlă)
- Ancient Greekγάλακτ- (gálakt-)
- Englishgalacto-
- 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
- Englishgalactooligosaccharide
- Englishtransgalactooligosaccharide
From trans- + galactooligosaccharide.
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transgalactooligosaccharide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transgalactooligosaccharide
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“transgalactooligosaccharide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transgalactooligosaccharide. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transgalactooligosaccharide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transgalactooligosaccharide.
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