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glyco-
a combining form with the meanings “sugar,” “glucose and its derivatives,” used in the formation of compound words.
glycolipid.
glyco-
combining form
indicating sugar
glycogen
Word History and Origins
Origin of glyco-1
Word History and Origins
Origin of glyco-1
Example Sentences
"Twenty-four hours before competition you just stop drinking completely and your body just keeps weeing, draining itself of all the liquid because you've unsettled your sodium levels. "Your muscle glyco levels just blow up.
Chemical structure of vancomycin, the pioneering member of the class of lipoglycopeptide antibiotics: “lipo” for the fatty portion, “glyco” for the sugar, and “peptide” for the amino acids.
He has some tit-bits, too, in reserve, the lady chariot-driver, and the steward of Glyco, who was caught with his master’s wife; poor wretch, he was only obeying orders.
And the worthless Glyco has given him to the beasts; the lady deserved to suffer.
We had sweetmeats, rose leaf glyco, oranges and all kinds of fruit.
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When To Use
Glyco- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “sugar" or "glucose and its derivatives." Glucose is a sugar found in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, and other sources. Glyco- is often used in scientific terms, especially in chemistry.Glyco- comes from Greek ý, meaning “sweet." The Latin translation (and perhaps cognate) of ý is dulcis, “sweet,” which is the source of sweetness-related terms such as dulcet and, through Italian, dolce vita. To learn more, check out our entries for both words. are variants of glyco-?When combined with words or word elements that begin with a vowel, glyco- becomes glyc-, as in glycin.Less common variants of glyco- are gluco- and gluc-, as in glucolipid and glucan.Want to know more? Read our Words That Use articles on glyc-, gluco-, and gluc-.
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