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glycogen definition

gly·co·gen (glī′kə jən, -jen′)

noun

a polysaccharide, (CHO), produced and stored in animal tissues, esp. in the liver and muscles, and changed into glucose as the body needs it

Etymology: glyco- + -gen

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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