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Glycogen   /glˈaɪkədʒɪn/   Listen
Glycogen

noun
1.
One form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body.  Synonym: animal starch.



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"Glycogen" Quotes from Famous Books



... less soluble than urea (the normal product of tissue change), favor the formation of stone, of taurocholic acid, and other bodies that tend when in excess to destroy the blood globules and to cause irritation of the kidneys by the resulting hemoglobin excreted in the urine, and of glycogen too abundant to be burned up in the system, which induces saccharine urine (diabetes). Any disorder leading to impaired functional activity of the lungs is causative of an excess of hippuric acid and allied bodies, of oxalic acid, of sugar, etc., in ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture



Words linked to "Glycogen" :   glycogenic, polysaccharide, animal starch, polyose



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