See Also: nigerose(medicine)
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hokey-cokey (iou) and nigerose (medicine)


hokey-cokey (iou)



hokey-cokey noun. M20.
[Origin unkn.]
A kind of communal Dance characterized by raising the hands in the air and shaking them while bowing and lowering them.

nigerose (medicine)


nigerose


3-O-alpha-d-Glucopyranosyl-d-glucose;a disaccharide obtained by the hydrolysis of amylopectins, consisting of two d-glucose residues bound in an a1-3 linkage.

Origin: fr. Nigeran, a polysaccharide synthesised by Aspergillus niger