Definitions for cellobiose

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cellobiose cel·lo·bi·ose

Spelling: [sel-oh-bahy-ohs]

IPA: /ˌsɛl oʊˈbaɪ oʊs/

Cellobiose is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 330 anagrams from letters in cellobiose (bceeilloos).

Definitions for cellobiose

noun

1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , that is obtained by the breakdown of cellulose or lichenin and yields glucose upon hydrolysis: used chiefly in bacteriology as a reagent.

Origin of cellobiose

First recorded in 1900-05; cell(ulose) + -o- + bi-² + -ose²

Examples for cellobiose

cellobiose is a disaccharide which results from the hydrolysis of cellulose.