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glycogen
  1. (biochemistry) A polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals; converted to glucose as needed.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “As soon as hounds do get close to a glycogen depleted deer, it is very unlikely to escape and its despatch is generally prompt.”
      “The breakdown of glycogen, the formation of pyruvic acid and hydrogen ions are represented by the tap.”
      “If there is room available in the liver and muscles, glucose is taken up and stored as glycogen.”
glycogenolysis
  1. (biochemistry) The production of glucose-1-phosphate by splitting a glucose monomer from glycogen using inorganic phosphate
  2. Examples:
    1. “Alpha cells produce glucagon, which maintains normoglycemia through the processes of glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis.”
      “This influence works both by modulating endocrine function such as insulin secretion and by increasing the rate of glycogenolysis and fatty acid mobilization.”
glycogenosis
  1. (pathology) A metabolic disorder characterized by the inability to metabolize glycogen properly
  2. Synonyms:
glycogenin
  1. (biochemistry) An enzyme that initiates the conversion of glucose to glycogen
glycogenesis
  1. (biochemistry) The synthesis of glycogen from glucose.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Whence it became evident that this nerve is not the excitor, but the sensory nerve concerned in glycogenesis.”
      “On the other hand, it is used for glycogenesis, which is the assembly of the storage carbohydrate glycogen when there is an excess of glucose.”
      “It facilitates and accelerates the glycogenesis, favoring the Ecosystem of the defence of the flore of superficial skin tissues.”
glycogenation
glycogeny
  1. Archaic form of glycogenesis.
glycogenolyses
  1. plural of glycogenolysis
glycogeneses
  1. plural of glycogenesis
glycogenoses
glycogenins
  1. plural of glycogenin
glycogens
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