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Medical Definition of Glycosyl compound
1. The compound formed between a sugar and another organic substance in which the OH of the reducing (hemiacetal) group of the former is removed; e.g., the natural nucleosides, in which a heterocyclic N becomes linked directly to the C-1 of ribose (or deoxyribose) to yield ribosyl compounds. Compare: glycoside. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glycosyl Compound
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