glycogenn.
/ˈɡlʌɪkədʒɛn//ˈɡlʌɪkədʒən//ˈɡlɪkədʒɛn//ˈɡlɪkədʒən/ Chemistry.
A white, amorphous, tasteless, inodorous, starch-like substance found in animal tissues, esp. the liver; it is easily convertible into dextrose by boiling in dilute acid.
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1860 Year-bk. Med. 1859 (New Sydenham Soc.) 86 The liver possesses the power of forming glucogene.
1864 H. Watts Dict. Chem. II. 906 Glycogen, Animal starch, Animal dextrin, Hepatin.
1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) v. 117 The liver..elaborates from the blood passing through it a substance called glycogen.
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