hexosamine

[hek-sos-uh-meen]

noun Biochemistry.

any hexose derivative in which a hydroxyl group is replaced by an amino group.

Origin of hexosamine

First recorded in 1910–15; hexose + -amine

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hexosamine in Medicine

hexosamine

[hĕk-sō′sə-mēn′, hĕk′sō-săm′ēn′]

n.

The amine derivative of a hexose formed by replacing a hydroxyl group with an amino group.

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