glycolysis

English

Etymology

glyco- +‎ -lysis

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒlɪsɪs

Noun

glycolysis (usually uncountable, plural glycolyses)

1. (biochemistry) The cellular degradation of the simple sugar glucose to yield pyruvic acid, and ATP as an energy source

Derived terms

• glycolytic
• hyperglycolysis

Translations

cellular degradation of glucose

• Catalan: glicòlisi f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 糖酵解 (zh) (tángjiàojiě)

• Czech: glykolýza f
• Finnish: glykolyysi (fi)
• French: glycolyse (fr) f
• Italian: glicolisi (it) f
• Kazakh: гликолиз (glikoliz)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: glykolyse

  Nynorsk: glykolyse m

• Portuguese: glicólise (pt) f
• Romanian: glicoliză (ro) f, glicolize f pl
• Spanish: glicólisis f, glicolisis f, glucólisis f, glucolisis f
• Swedish: glykolys (sv)
• Vietnamese: đường phân