See Also: glucomannan(medicine)
Graeco-(dictionary)
Graeco-(dictionary)

Graeco- (iou) and glucomannan (medicine)


Graeco- (iou)



Graeco- combining form. .
[from Latin Graecus GREEK noun + -O-.]
Forming: (a) adjectives with the senses 'relating to Greek settlements or states established abroad' as Graeco-Asiatic or 'Greek and' as Graeco-Latin; (b) adjectives and nouns with the sense 'Greek, of Greece'.
Graeco'mania noun a craze or excessive liking for Greece and things Greek E19.
Graecophil(e) noun & adjective (a person who is) friendly towards Greece or fond of Greece and things Greek L19.
Graeco-Roman adjective Greek and Roman; spec. (of a style of wrestling) like that of the Greeks and Romans, attacking only the upper part of the body: L19.
Graecotrojan adjective relating to the Greeks and the Trojans M17.

glucomannan (medicine)


glucomannan
<plant biology> Hemicellulosic plant cell wall polysaccharide containing glucose and mannose linked by _(1-4) glycosidic bonds. May contain some side chains of galactose, in which case it may be termed galactoglucomannan. A major polysaccharide of gymnosperm wood (softwood).