Glycogen Synonyms & Definitions

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• GlycogenDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments.

• GlycogenesisDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.

• GlycogenicDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenic function of the liver.