anhydroglucose

English

Etymology

From anhydro- +‎ glucose.

Noun

anhydroglucose (plural anhydroglucoses)

  1. (biochemistry) The moiety, in a polysaccharide such as cellulose, consisting of a glucose molecule that has lost the elements of water (actually a -H and an -OH group)
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