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scleroglucan

scleroglucan noun: a polysaccharide formed by the fungus Athelia rolfsii and chemically analogous to schizophyllan.

Noun

scleroglucan (uncountable)

  1. A polysaccharide formed by the fungus Athelia rolfsii and chemically analogous to schizophyllan.

Questions about scleroglucan

What does scleroglucan mean?
Scleroglucan means a polysaccharide formed by the fungus Athelia rolfsii and chemically analogous to schizophyllan.
What part of speech is scleroglucan?
Scleroglucan is a noun.

Words near scleroglucan in the dictionary

  1. sclerogen
  2. sclerogenic
  3. sclerogenous
  4. scleroglossan
  5. scleroglossans
  6. scleroglucan
  7. scleroid
  8. scleroids
  9. scleroma
  10. scleromalacia
  11. scleromalacias

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