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glucogen

glucogen is the archaic form of glycogen.

Meaning of glycogen

Noun

glycogen (countable and uncountable, plural glycogens)

  1. A polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals; converted to glucose as needed.
    • Specifically the liver converts glucose into glycogen — a more compact chemical. It is a little bit like shrink-wrapping food so you can pack more of it into your freezer.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 175

Forms of glucogen

pluralglucogens

Questions about glucogen

What is glucogen the archaic form of?
Glucogen is the archaic form of glycogen.

Words near glucogen in the dictionary

  1. glucofuranosides
  2. glucofuranosyl
  3. glucogalactomannan
  4. glucogalactomannans
  5. glucogallin
  6. glucogen
  7. glucogenesis
  8. glucogenic
  9. glucogenolysis
  10. glucogens
  11. glucogitaloxin

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