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Definition of Cerebrose

1. n. A sugarlike body obtained by the decomposition of the nitrogenous non-phosphorized principles of the brain.

Definition of Cerebrose

1. Noun. (organic compound) A sugar-like body obtained by the decomposition of the nitrogenous non-phosphorized principles of the brain. ¹

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Medical Definition of Cerebrose

1. Hexose identical to glucose except that orientation of H and OH on carbon 4 are exchanged. A component of cerebrosides and gangliosides, glycoproteins. Lactose, the disaccharide of milk, consists of galactose joined to glucose by a _(1-4) glycosidic link. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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