glycogen

[ glahy-kuh-juhn, -jen ]

/ ˈglaɪ kə dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn /

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Definition of glycogen

noun Biochemistry.

a white, tasteless polysaccharide, (C6H10O5)n, molecularly similar to starch, constituting the principal carbohydrate storage material in animals and occurring chiefly in the liver, in muscle, and in fungi and yeasts.

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Also called animal starch .

Origin of glycogen

First recorded in 1855–60; glyco- + -gen

Words nearby glycogen

glycinuria, glyco-, glycocalyx, glycocholate, glycocholic acid, glycogen, glycogen acanthosis, glycogenesis, glycogenetic, glycogen granule, glycogenic

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How to use glycogen in a sentence

Anytime you eat a carb—whether that’s from fruit, bread, or potatoes—your body breaks it down into glucose and either uses it immediately for energy or stores it as glycogen.
How to Eat When You’re Injured|Becky Wade|February 17, 2021|Outside Online
Glycogen is also stored in the muscles, where it is oxidized to release energy when the muscles are exercised.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
This blood is very rich in food materials, and from it the cells of the liver take out sugars to form glycogen.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
These pass through the liver, where, as we have seen, sugar is taken from the blood and stored as glycogen.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter

Horse flesh is detected by testing for glycogen, which is present in it in larger quantities than in other meats.
Detection of the Common Food Adulterants|Edwin M. Bruce
There exists also in the liver and muscles a non-nitrogenous substance, glycogen, which is detected also in other organs.
Schenk's Theory: The Determination of Sex|Samuel Leopold Schenk

British Dictionary definitions for glycogen

glycogen

/ (ˈɡlaɪkəʊdʒən, -dʒɛn) /

noun

a polysaccharide consisting of glucose units: the form in which carbohydrate is stored in the liver and muscles in man and animals. It can easily be hydrolysed to glucoseAlso called: animal starch

Derived forms of glycogen

glycogenic (ˌɡlaɪkəʊˈdʒɛnɪk), adjective

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Medical definitions for glycogen

glycogen

[ glī′kə-jən ]

A polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals and occurs mainly in liver and muscle tissue; it is readily converted to glucose.animal starch

Other words from glycogen

gly′co•gen′ic (-jĕn′ĭk) adj.

Scientific definitions for glycogen

glycogen

[ glī′kə-jən ]

A polysaccharide stored in animal liver and muscle cells that is easily converted to glucose to meet metabolic energy requirements. Most of the carbohydrate energy stored in animal cells is in the form of glycogen.

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