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noun
Any glycoside of maltose, but especially any of a class of such alkyl glycosides that are used as specialized detergents
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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History
Etymology tree English malt Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English maltose Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English maltoside From maltose + -ide.
