glycocoll
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek [Term?] (“sweet”) + [Term?] (“glue”).
Noun
glycocoll (plural glycocolls)
- (biochemistry) A crystalline nitrogenous substance formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile united with cholic acid; amido-acetic acid.
Synonyms
- glycin
- glycocin
Related terms
- glycocollic
- phenylglycocoll
- tolylglycocoll
- xylylglycocoll
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for glycocoll in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)