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glycogen

/ˈɡlaɪ.kə.d͡ʒn̩/

glycogen noun: a polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals; converted to glucose as needed.

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

glycogen meaning in Tamil, Malay, Indonesian and Persian

glycogen in Tamil

தசைச் சீனி, கிளைக்கோஜென், கிளைக்கோசன்

glycogen in Malay

polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals
glikogen, kanji haiwan

glycogen in Indonesian

polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals
glikogen

glycogen in Persian

polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals
گلیکوژن gelikožen

Forms of glycogen

pluralglycogens

Origin of glycogen

Borrowed from French glycogène. By surface analysis, glyco- + -gen.

Words formed from glycogen

Questions about glycogen

What does glycogen mean?
Glycogen means a polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals; converted to glucose as needed.
What is glycogen in Tamil?
Glycogen in Tamil is தசைச் சீனி, கிளைக்கோஜென், கிளைக்கோசன். See Glycogen meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is glycogen?
Glycogen is a noun.
How do you pronounce glycogen?
Glycogen is pronounced /ˈɡlaɪ.kə.d͡ʒn̩/.
What is the plural of glycogen?
The plural of glycogen is glycogens.

Words near glycogen in the dictionary

  1. glycoepitopes
  2. glycoform
  3. glycoforms
  4. glycofraction
  5. glycofractions
  6. glycogen
  7. glycogenase
  8. glycogenases
  9. glycogenated
  10. glycogenation
  11. glycogenations

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: glycogen (page history and authors); glycogen (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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