glu·co·sa·mine 
(gl-kōsə-mēn′, glkō-)
(gl-kōsə-mēn′, glkō-)n.
An amino derivative of glucose, C6H13NO5, in which an amino group replaces a hydroxyl group. It is a component of many polysaccharides and the basic structural unit of chitin, and is used as an over-the-counter dietary supplement alone or in combination with chondroitin for treatment of joint pain in arthritis.
- coll-
- collaborate
- collaboration
- collaborationism
- collaborationist
- collaborative
- collaborator
- collage
- collage film
- collagen
- collagenase
- collagenic
- collagenous
- collagen vascular disease
- collagist
- collapse
- collapsibility
- collapsible
- collar
- collarbone
- collar cell
- collard
- collard greens
- collards
- collared