anhydroglucose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The moiety, in a polysaccharide such as cellulose, consisting of a glucose molecule that has lost the elements of water (actually a -H and an -OH group)

Word forms

anhydroglucose anhydroglucoses

Etymology

From anhydro- + glucose.

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