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animal starch

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noun Biochemistry.
glycogen.
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Origin of animal starch

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby animal starch

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How to use animal starch in a sentence

  • This substance, extracted in the form of a white powder, is really an animal starch.

    A Practical Physiology|Albert F. Blaisdell

  • Some of the sugars, for instance, the liver turns into a kind of animal starch (glycogen), which it stores away in its own cells.

    A Handbook of Health|Woods Hutchinson

  • Thus we have animal starch, or glycogen, stored up in the liver.

    A Practical Physiology|Albert F. Blaisdell

  • Animal starch found in liver, which may be changed into glucose.

    A Practical Physiology|Albert F. Blaisdell

British Dictionary definitions for animal starch

animal starch
noun
a less common name for glycogen
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