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English
Etymology
From glucosyl + sphingosine.
Noun
glucosylsphingosine (countable and uncountable, plural glucosylsphingosines)
- (organic chemistry) The cytotoxic glucosyl derivative of sphingosine (2S,3R,4E)-2-amino-3-hydroxy-4-octadecen-1-yl β-D-glucopyranoside