glycogen

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɡlaɪkəʊdʒən/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(glī′kə jən, -jen′)


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gly•co•gen  (glī′kə jən, -jen′),USA pronunciation n. [Biochem.]
  1. Biochemistrya white, tasteless polysaccharide, (C6H10O5)n, molecularly similar to starch, constituting the principal carbohydrate storage material in animals and occurring chiefly in the liver, in muscle, and in fungi and yeasts. Also called animal starch. 
  • glyco- + -gen 1855–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
glycogen /ˈɡlaɪkəʊdʒən; -dʒɛn/ n
  1. a polysaccharide consisting of glucose units: the form in which carbohydrate is stored in the liver and muscles in humans and animals. It can easily be hydrolysed to glucose
glycogenic /ˌɡlaɪkəʊˈdʒɛnɪk/ adj
'glycogen' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
amylase - bonk - carbohydrate - glyco- - glycogenesis - liver - animal starch - carbohydrate loading - glucogenesis - glycogenic - glycogen storage disease - glycolysis - phosphorylase

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