See Also: GLYCOGEN(medicine)
glycogen(dictionary)
Glycogen(health)
glycogen(encyclopedia)
glycogen granule(medicine)
glycogen phosphorylase(medicine)
liver glycogen(medicine)
glycogen synthetase(medicine)
glycogen synthase(medicine)
glycogen storage disease(encyclopedia)

glycogen (iou)



glycogen noun. Also glucogen. M19.
[from GLYCO- + -GEN.]
Biochemistry. A polysaccharide composed of glucose residues that is the form in which carbohydrate is stored in animals (corresponding to starch in plants) and is present esp. in liver and muscle.
glyco'genesis noun the metabolic formation of sugar, or of glycogen from sugar L19.
glycoge'netic adjective = glycogenic L19.
glyco'genic adjective of or pertaining to glycogenesis M19.
glycoge'nolysis noun the breakdown of glycogen to glucose in the body E20.
glycogeno'lytic adjective of or pertaining to glycogenolysis E20.