transglycosylate

verb

To modify by transglycosylation

Scrabble 25

Meanings

verbtransglycosylate (third-person singular simple present transglycosylates, present participle transglycosylating, simple past and past participle transglycosylated)

present singular third person transglycosylates · participle present transglycosylating · participle past transglycosylated · past transglycosylated

  1. To modify by transglycosylation

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*dlukús
  10. Ancient Greekγλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)
  11. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  12. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  13. Frenchglucose
  14. Englishglucosebf.
  15. Englishglycose
  16. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  17. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  18. Englishglycosyl
  19. Englishglycosylationbf.
  20. Englishglycosylate
  21. Englishtransglycosylate

From trans- + glycosylate.

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APA

transglycosylate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transglycosylate

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Chicago

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