any of a group of substances, such as digitoxin, derived from monosaccharides by replacing the hydroxyl group by another group. Many are important medicinal drugs
See also glucoside
Derived forms
glycosidic (ˌɡlaɪkəʊˈsɪdɪk)
adjective
glycoside in American English
(ˈglaɪkəˌsaɪd)
noun
any of a group of sugar derivatives, widely distributed in plants, which on hydrolysis yield a sugar and one or more other substances
Derived forms
glycosidic (ˌglycoˈsidic) (glaɪkəˈsɪdɪk)
adjective
Word origin
Fr < glycose (altered after Gr glykys), for glucose, glucose + -ide, -ide
Examples of 'glycoside' in a sentence
glycoside
This contains flavonoids and glycosides to regenerate collagen and elastin in the skin.