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glycans

glycans is the plural of glycan.

Meaning of glycan

Noun

glycan (plural glycans)

  1. Any polysaccharide or oligosaccharide, especially one that is part of a glycoprotein or glycolipid.

Questions about glycans

What is glycans the plural of?
Glycans is the plural of glycan.

Words near glycans in the dictionary

  1. glycanhydrolase
  2. glycanhydrolases
  3. glycanic
  4. glycanohydrolase
  5. glycanohydrolases
  6. glycans
  7. glycaric
  8. glycaric acid
  9. glycaric acids
  10. glycaronidase
  11. glycase

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