Synonyms & related words for pentosan

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of pentosan. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to pentosan

Explore words related to pentosan — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include hexosan, polysaccharide, furanoside, laminarin, aldopentose, carbohydrate, pyranoside, cellobiose. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does pentosan come from?

The word pentosan breaks down into 2 roots of Greek and Latin origin: pentos, from Greek pente (“five (five-carbon sugar)”); and -an, from Latin anus (“chemical suffix”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.