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glycoprotein

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

a conjugated protein having a carbohydrate component

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: conjugated protein, compound protein

Narrower terms: mucin, erythropoietin, cluster of differentiation 4, CD4, cluster of differentiation 8, CD8, lectin, mucoid

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)der. English glyco- English protein English glycoprotein From glyco- + protein.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: гликопротеин (glikoprotein) — protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates
  • Catalan: glicoproteïna — protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates
  • Chinese Mandarin: 糖蛋白 (tángdànbái) — protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates
  • Finnish: glykoproteiini — protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates
  • French: glycoprotéine — protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates
  • German: Glykoproteine — protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates
  • Greek: γλυκοπρωτεΐνη (glykoproteḯni) — protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates
  • Italian: glicoproteina — protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates
  • Japanese: 糖タンパク質 — protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates
  • Portuguese: glicoproteína — protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates
  • Romanian: glicoproteină — protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates
  • Russian: гликопротеин (glikoprotein) — protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates
  • Spanish: glicoproteína — protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates
  • Swedish: glykoprotein — protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates
  • Turkish: glikoprotein — protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates