mucopolysaccharide etymology

English word mucopolysaccharide comes from English polysaccharide, English muco- (Mucus.)

Detailed word origin of mucopolysaccharide

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
polysaccharide English (eng) (carbohydrate) A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.
muco- English (eng) Mucus.
mucopolysaccharide English (eng) (carbohydrate) any polysaccharide consisting of alternating units of uronic acids and glycosamines, sometimes esterified with sulfuric acid.

Words with the same origin as mucopolysaccharide

Descendants of polysaccharide
polysaccharase polysaccharidal
Descendants of muco-
mucoactive mucoadhesion mucoadhesive mucocele mucociliary mucocutaneous mucofibrous mucogenesis mucogenic mucogingival mucoid mucolipidosis mucolytic muconodular mucopeptide mucoperiosteum mucoprotein mucopurulent mucopus mucoregulator mucosanguineous mucosubstance mucotomy