inositol
English
/ʌɪˈnəʊ.sɪ.tɒl/, /ɪˈnoʊ.səˌtɒl/
noun
Definitions
- (biochemistry) A simple sugar alcohol (hexahydroxycyclohexane, chemical formula: C) which occurs in animal and plant tissue and is a vitamin of the vitamin B group.
Etymology
Affix from English inosite affix from Ancient Greek ἰνός + English grc + English ἴς + English sinew, tendon.
Origin
English
sinew, tendon
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atrichia English
- atrichic English
- glycerophosphoinositol English
- glycoinositol English
- glycophosphatidylinositol English
- grc English
- ichnusaite English
- inosite English
- inositide English
- inositolphospholipid English
- megasporangium English
- myoinositol English
- phosphatidyl English
- phosphatidylinositol English
- phosphoinositide English
- phosphoinositol English
- phospholipid English
- prolactin English
- sinew, tendon English
- ἴς English
- ἰνός Ancient Greek
- イノシトール Japanese