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glucan

glucan noun: any polysaccharide that is a polymer of glucose.

Noun

glucan (plural glucans)

  1. Any polysaccharide that is a polymer of glucose

Forms of glucan

pluralglucans

Words formed from glucan

Questions about glucan

What does glucan mean?
Glucan means any polysaccharide that is a polymer of glucose.
What part of speech is glucan?
Glucan is a noun.
What is the plural of glucan?
The plural of glucan is glucans.

Words near glucan in the dictionary

  1. glucagons
  2. glucal
  3. glucametacin
  4. glucamide
  5. glucamine
  6. glucan
  7. glucanase
  8. glucanases
  9. glucanogenesis
  10. glucanohydrolase
  11. glucanohydrolases

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