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galactosamine

ga·lac·tos·a·mine
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [guh-lak-tos-uh-meen, -min, -toh-suh-]
    • /gə lækˈtɒs əˌmin, -mɪn, -ˈtoʊ sə-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [guh-lak-tos-uh-meen, -min, -toh-suh-]
    • /gə lækˈtɒs əˌmin, -mɪn, -ˈtoʊ sə-/

Definitions of galactosamine word

  • noun galactosamine an amino sugar that is a major component of glycolipids and chondroitin. 1
  • noun galactosamine any amino sugar derived from galactose, especially chondrosamine 0

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Origin of galactosamine

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900; galactose + -amine

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Parts of speech for Galactosamine

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

galactosamine popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

galactosamine usage trend in Literature

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