Definitions for glucosamine

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glucosamine glu·co·sa·mine

Spelling: [gloo-koh-suh-meen, -min]

IPA: /gluˈkoʊ səˌmin, -mɪn/

Glucosamine is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 1746 anagrams from letters in glucosamine (acegilmnosu).

Definitions for glucosamine

noun

1. an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.

Origin of glucosamine

First recorded in 1880-85; glucose + -amine

Examples for glucosamine

When hydrolysed these fungoid celluloses yield, in addition to monoses, glucosamine and acetic acid.