glycoside

English

Etymology

From glyco- (“a sugar”) +‎ -ide (similar to glucoside), 1925–1930.

Noun

glycoside (plural glycosides)

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) A molecule in which a sugar group (the glycone) is bound to a non-sugar group (the corresponding aglycone) by a nitrogen or oxygen atom. Glycosides yield a sugar after undergoing hydrolysis.

Hyponyms

glucoside

Derived terms

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Translations

chemical compound

Chinese:
Cantonese: 苷 (gam¹), 醣苷, 糖苷 (tong⁴ gam¹), 配糖體, 配糖体 (pui³ tong⁴ tai²), 配糖物 (pui³ tong⁴ mat⁶), 甙 (doi⁶) (dated)

Mandarin: 苷 (zh) (gān), 醣苷 (zh), 糖苷 (zh) (tánggān), 配糖體 (zh), 配糖体 (zh) (pèitángtǐ), 配糖物 (zh) (pèitángwù), 甙 (zh) (dài) (dated)
Finnish: glykosidi

French: glycoside (fr) m
Japanese: 配糖体 (はいとうたい, haitōtai), グリコシド (gurikoshido)
Portuguese: glicosídeo m

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