glycobiology
noun
glycobiology is spelled G-L-Y-C-O-B-I-O-L-O-G-Y: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, glycobiology means “The study of the biological role of carbohydrates (especially oligosaccharides) and glycosides” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in glycobiology?
| Letters | 12: G-L-Y-C-O-B-I-O-L-O-G-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 69 million words; the 262,293rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is glycobiology?
Glycobiology appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce glycobiology?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-glycobiology.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does glycobiology mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The study of the biological role of carbohydrates (especially oligosaccharides) and glycosides
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does glycobiology come from?
From glyco- + biology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).