Definition
A cyclic dimer of glycolic acid used in polymer chemistry to create biodegradable plastics and medical sutures.
Etymology
From 'glycolic acid' + '-ide' (chemical compound suffix). Glycolide is formed when glycolic acid molecules are chemically condensed, and it's a precursor to polylactide polymers.
Kelly Says
Surgical sutures made from glycolide polymers are amazingly clever—they hold your wound together while your body slowly dissolves them as you heal, so surgeons don't need to remove them later!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ግሊኮላይድ
glih-koh-lai-d
ARالعربية
글يكوليد
glih-koh-lee-deh
BNবাংলা
গ্লিকোলাইড
glih-koh-lai-d
CACatalà
glicolida
glih-koh-lee-dah
CSČeština
glykolid
glih-koh-lid
DADansk
glycolide
glih-koh-leed
DEDeutsch
Glycolid
glih-koh-lid
ELΕλληνικά
γλυκοไลδ
glih-koh-leed
ESEspañol
glicolida
glih-koh-lee-dah
FAفارسی
گلیسولید
glih-soh-leed
FISuomi
glykolidi
glih-koh-li-di
FRFrançais
glycolide
glih-koh-leed
GUGU
ગ્લિકોલાઇડ
glih-koh-lai-d
HEעברית
גליקוליד
glih-koh-leed
HIहिन्दी
ग्लिसोलाइड
glih-koh-lai-d
IDBahasa Indonesia
glikol
glih-koh-l
ITItaliano
glicolide
glih-koh-lee-deh
KKKK
гликолід
glih-koh-lid
KO한국어
글리코라이드
geuriko-rai-deu
MSBahasa Melayu
glikol
glih-kol
MYမြန်မာ
ဂလိုကိုလိုက်
ga-loh-koh-lai
NLNederlands
glycolide
glih-koh-leed
NONorsk
glykoliden
glih-koh-li-den
PAPA
ਗਲਾਈਕੋਲਾਇਡ
glih-koh-lai-d
PTPortuguês
glicolida
glih-koh-lee-dah
RORomână
glicolidă
glih-koh-lee-dah
RUРусский
гликолид
glikolid
SVSvenska
glykoliden
glih-koh-li-den
SWKiswahili
glicolide
glih-koh-li-de
TAதமிழ்
கிளைகொலைடு
ki-la-koh-lai-du
TEతెలుగు
గ్లికోలైడ్
glih-koh-lai-d
THไทย
กลีโคไลด์
gli-koh-lai-d
TRTürkçe
glikoli̇d
glih-koh-lid
UKУкраїнська
гліколід
glih-koh-lid
URاردو
گلی کولائید
glih-koh-lai-d
VITiếng Việt
glycolide
glih-koh-li-de