Home › Words › O › oligoglutamineoligoglutamineoligoglutamine means an oligomer of glutamine that is implicated in Huntington's disease.EtymologyFrom oligo- + glutamine.nounAn oligomer of glutamine that is implicated in Huntington's diseaseDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.oligohistidine 63% match — An oligomer of histidine vs oligoglutamine →polyglutamine 61% match — Involving more than one glutamine; (medicine) applied to a class of trinucleotide repeat disorder. vs oligoglutamine →oligoadenosine 60% match — An oligomer of adenosine vs oligoglutamine →oligolysine 60% match — An oligomer of lysine vs oligoglutamine →pyroglutamine 60% match — A cyclic derivative of glutamine related to pyroglutamic acid vs oligoglutamine →oligohexamer 60% match — An oligomer composed of hexamers vs oligoglutamine →oligoamine 58% match — Any polyamine containing only a few amine groups vs oligoglutamine →oligoarginine 58% match — A relatively short polyarginine, especially one used to enhance cellular delivery of a drug vs oligoglutamine →