cerebroside

[suh-ree-bruh-sahyd, ser-uh-]

noun

Biochemistry.

1. any of a class of glycolipids, found in brain tissue and the medullary sheaths of nerves, that, upon hydrolysis, yield sphingosine, galactose or certain other sugars, and a fatty acid.

cerebroside

/ ˈsɛrɪbrəʊˌsaɪd /

noun

1. biochem any glycolipid in which N -acyl sphingosine is combined with glucose or galactose: occurs in the myelin sheaths of nerves

Word History and Origins

Origin of cerebroside¹

First recorded in 1880–85; cerebr- + -ose ² + -ide ( def. )

Example Sentences

The first group of lipoids to be studied were those which occur in the brain; and the name cerebroside was given to those lipoids which, when hydrolyzed, yield fatty acids, a carbohydrate and a nitrogen-containing compound but no phosphoric acid; while those lipoids which contain both nitrogen and phosphorus were called phosphatides.

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However, cerebin, a cerebroside peculiar to the thinking structure of the brain, is opaque to them.

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