glycosaminoglycan
noun
glycosaminoglycan is spelled G-L-Y-C-O-S-A-M-I-N-O-G-L-Y-C-A-N: 17 letters. It appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, glycosaminoglycan means “Any polysaccharide that is a polymer of amino sugars; they are the carbohydrate units of proteoglycans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of glycosaminoglycan is glycosaminoglycans.
How many letters and syllables are in glycosaminoglycan?
| Letters | 17: G-L-Y-C-O-S-A-M-I-N-O-G-L-Y-C-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 42 million words; the 199,120th 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 glycosaminoglycan?
Glycosaminoglycan appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th 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).
Forms of glycosaminoglycan
- glycosaminoglycans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glycosaminoglycan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any polysaccharide that is a polymer of amino sugars; they are the carbohydrate units of proteoglycans.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate glycosaminoglycan?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of glycosaminoglycan: GAG.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Glycosaminoglycan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense polysaccharide that is a polymer of amino sugars:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | glucosaminaglicano |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does glycosaminoglycan come from?
From glycosamino- (“combining form of glycosamine”) + glycan (“polysaccharide”); compare aminoglycan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).