cerebroside

[ suh-ree-bruh-sahyd, ser-uh- ]
/ səˈri brəˌsaɪd, ˈsɛr ə- /

noun Biochemistry.

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.

Origin of cerebroside

First recorded in 1880–85; cerebr- + -ose2 + -ide

Words nearby cerebroside

cerebromalacia, cerebromeningitis, cerebronic acid, cerebropathy, cerebrosclerosis, cerebroside, cerebroside lipidosis, cerebrosidosis, cerebrosis, cerebrospinal, cerebrospinal axis

Example sentences from the Web for cerebroside

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

    Skylark Three |Edward Elmer Smith

British Dictionary definitions for cerebroside

cerebroside
/ (ˈsɛrɪbrəʊˌsaɪd) /

noun

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

Medical definitions for cerebroside

cerebroside
[ sĕr′ə-brə-sīd′, sə-rē′- ]

n.

Any of various lipid compounds containing glucose or galactose and glucose, and found in the brain and other nerve tissue, especially the myelin sheath. galactolipid galactolipin