SYN: glucosylceramide.
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glu·co·ce·re·bro·side -'ser-ə-brə-.sīd, -sə-'rē- n a lipid composed of a ceramide and glucose that accumulates in the tissues of patients affected with Gaucher's disease
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glu·co·cer·e·bro·side (gloo″ko-sə-reґbro-sīd″) any of the cerebrosides whose monosaccharide head group is glucose; they occur mostly in nonneuronal tissue and accumulate abnormally in Gaucher disease. Called also glucosylceramide.Medical dictionary. 2011.