glycoside
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From glyco- (“a sugar”) + -ide (similar to glucoside), 1925–1930.
NounEdit
glycoside (plural glycosides)
- (organic chemistry, biochemistry) A molecule in which a sugar group (the glycone) is bound to a non-sugar group (the corresponding aglycone) by a nitrogen or oxygen atom. Glycosides yield a sugar after undergoing hydrolysis.