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Where does “fucose” come from?

fucose (English) comes from Latin fūcus, from Ancient Greek φῦκος, from Hebrew פוך — eye-rouge.

fucose (English): The aldohexose "-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol"...

Definitions

  1. The aldohexose "-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol"...

Ancestry of “fucose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfūcus—
2Ancient Greekφῦκοςseaweed
3Hebrewפוךeye-rouge

Words derived from “fucose”

  • fucosidosis
  • fucosidase
  • fucoside
  • deoxyfucose
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