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glycogenic

American  
[glahy-kuh-jen-ik] / ˌglaɪ kəˈdʒɛn ɪk /

adjective

Biochemistry.
  1. of or relating to glycogen.

  2. glycogenetic.


Etymology

Origin of glycogenic

First recorded in 1855–60; glycogen + -ic

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In seeking for the fountain-head of diabetic sugar, it is found that the liver is the great glycogenic, or sugar-originating factory of the body.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen

His studies on the glycogenic functions of the liver opened the way for the modern fruitful researches on the internal secretions of the various glands.

From The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 by William Osler

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