English Explanatory Dictionary

glycocalyx

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A filamentous coating of glycoprotein and polysaccharide on the surface of bacteria and some other cells.

Word forms

glycocalyx glycocalyces glycocalyxes

Etymology

From glyco- + calyx.

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