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glycophagy

glycophagy noun: feeding on, or metabolism of sugars, especially glucose.

Noun

glycophagy (uncountable)

  1. feeding on, or metabolism of sugars, especially glucose

Origin of glycophagy

From glyco- + -phagy.

Questions about glycophagy

What does glycophagy mean?
Glycophagy means feeding on, or metabolism of sugars, especially glucose.
What part of speech is glycophagy?
Glycophagy is a noun.

Words near glycophagy in the dictionary

  1. glycopeptidic
  2. glycopeptidolipid
  3. glycopeptidolipids
  4. glycopeptidomimetic
  5. glycopeptidomimetics
  6. glycophagy
  7. glycophenotype
  8. glycophenotypes
  9. glycophenotypic
  10. glycophorin
  11. glycophorins

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