helico-
(ˈhɛlɪkəʊ)
comb. form of Gr ἕλιζ helix, in names of chemical substances occurring in snails.
| 1914 J. A. Mandel tr. Hammarsten & Hedin's Physiol. Chem. (ed. 7) 174 Another phosphoglycoprotein is helico⁓proteid, obtained by Hammarsten from the glands of the snail Helix pomatia. 1917 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. CXII. i. 421 Helicorubin is thus closely related to hæmoglobin, and acts without doubt in the intestine of the snail as a respiratory pigment. |