glucosamine
English
noun
Definitions
- (biochemistry) An amino derivative of glucose that is a component of polysaccharides such as chitin; it is marketed as a dietary supplement supposedly to reduce the symptoms of arthritis.
Etymology
Suffix from English glucose.
Origin
English
glucose
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acid English
- anhydroglucose English
- aspartyl English
- aspartylglucosamine English
- deoxyglucose English
- dextroglucose English
- diglucosamine English
- fluorodeoxyglucose English
- glucase English
- glucosaminic English
- glucosaminic acid English
- glucosaminidase English
- glucosaminide English
- glucosaminyl English
- glucose English
- glucose/fructose English
- glucoselike English
- glucosic English
- glucoside English
- glucosyl English
- glycerophosphoglucose English
- isoglucose English
- levoglucose English
- monoglucose English
- nitroglucose English
- nonglucose English
- pentagalloylglucose English
- phosphatidylglucose English
- phosphoglucosamine English
- phosphoglucose English
- phosphoglucoseisomerase English
- polyglucose English
- glucose French
- グルコース Japanese
- glikoso Ido
- glukosi Swahili
- acid
- glucase
- glucose
- glucosic
- glucosyl
- aspartyl
- glucoside
- isoglucose
- nonglucose
- monoglucose
- glucoselike
- polyglucose
- levoglucose
- glucosaminic
- glucosaminyl
- nitroglucose
- deoxyglucose
- dextroglucose
- diglucosamine
- glucosaminide
- phosphoglucose
- anhydroglucose
- glucosaminidase
- glucose/fructose
- glucosaminic acid
- phosphoglucosamine
- fluorodeoxyglucose
- pentagalloylglucose
- phosphatidylglucose
- aspartylglucosamine
- glycerophosphoglucose
- phosphoglucoseisomerase