• Glyki (redirect from Glyky)
    is first mentioned as the chartoularaton of "Gliki" in 1205. The name "Glykys" apparently derives from the nearby Acheron River, whose estuary was known...
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  • he had served in the laity and his name was Glykys Melodos; he was sometimes referred to as John Glykys. One of his students was the Byzantine astronomer...
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    antiquity emptied into a bay on the Ionian coast known from ancient sources as Glykys Limin (Figure 2-A)." Borza, Eugene N. (1990). In the shadow of Olympus :...
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    antiquity emptied into a bay on the Ionian coast known from ancient sources as Glykys Limin (Figure 2-A)." Hatzopoulos 2011, p. 53: "There is one illusion that...
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    cardiovascular system health. A glycocalyx, literally meaning "sugar coat" (glykys = sweet, kalyx = husk), is a network of polysaccharides that project from...
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    At one time, beryllium was called glucinium, which is from Greek γλυκύς (glykys), meaning "sweet", due to the sweet taste of its salts. Harper, Douglas...
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    derived from Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos) 'wine, must', from γλυκύς (glykýs) 'sweet'. The suffix -ose is a chemical classifier denoting a sugar. Glucose...
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    1253–61 Theodore Skoutariotes, Metropolitan of Cyzicus in ca. 1277 Daniel Glykys, Metropolitan of Cyzicus in 1285–89 Methodius, Metropolitan of Cyzicus from...
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    blood sugar' from Greek ὑπογλυκαιμία, from ὑπο- hypo- 'under' + γλυκύς glykys 'sweet' + αἷμᾰ haima 'blood'. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive...
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    composers known by name, with Joannes Koukouzeles, Xenos Korones and Joannes Glykys as the leading figures. Partly due to the little information concerning...
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