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dextrans

dextrans is the plural of dextran.

Meaning of dextran

Noun

dextran (countable and uncountable, plural dextrans)

  1. A biopolymer of glucose produced by enzymes of certain bacteria; used as a substitute for blood plasma, and as a stationary phase in chromatography.

Questions about dextrans

What is dextrans the plural of?
Dextrans is the plural of dextran.

Words near dextrans in the dictionary

  1. dextranases
  2. dextranate
  3. dextranated
  4. dextranates
  5. dextranomer
  6. dextrans
  7. dextransucrase
  8. dextransucrases
  9. dextraposed
  10. dextrase
  11. dextrases

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dextrans (page history and authors); dextran (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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