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glycogen
(encz) | glycogen,glykogen n: Zdeněk Brož |
Glycogen
(gcide) | Glycogen \Gly"co*gen\, n. [Gr. ? sweet + -gen: cf. F.
glycog[`e]ne.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch,
soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found
abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small
quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the
embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with
dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action
of amylolytic ferments.
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glycogen
(wn) | glycogen
n 1: one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in
the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the
body [syn: glycogen, animal starch] |
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glycogen
(encz) | glycogen,glykogen n: Zdeněk Brož |
glycogenesis
(encz) | glycogenesis,glykogeneze n: Ondřej Šeda |
glycogenic
(encz) | glycogenic,glykogenický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Glycogenesis
(gcide) | Glycogeny \Gly*cog"e*ny\, Glycogenesis \Gly`co*gen"e*sis\, n.
(Physiol.)
The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the
liver.
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Glycogenic
(gcide) | Glycogenic \Gly`co*gen"ic\, a.
Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenic
function of the liver. Glycogeny |
Glycogeny
(gcide) | Glycogeny \Gly*cog"e*ny\, Glycogenesis \Gly`co*gen"e*sis\, n.
(Physiol.)
The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the
liver.
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glycogen
(wn) | glycogen
n 1: one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in
the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the
body [syn: glycogen, animal starch] |
glycogenesis
(wn) | glycogenesis
n 1: the formation in animals of glycogen from glucose
2: the conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the
blood exceeds the demand |
glycogenic
(wn) | glycogenic
adj 1: of or relating to or involving glycogen |
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