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GLYCOGEN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body

Synonyms:

animal starch; glycogen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("glycogen" is a kind of...):

polyose; polysaccharide (any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules)

Derivation:

glycogenic (of or relating to or involving glycogen)

Credits

 Context examples: 

It has abundant clear cytoplasm packed with glycogen and a basal nucleus.

(Parathyroid Gland Clear Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

These coenzymes play an important role in tissue respiration and in glycogen, lipid, amino acid, protein, and purine metabolism.

(Niacin, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is non-spore forming, catalase and indole negative, does not liquefy gelatin, hydrolyze hippurate, digest meat, or reduce nitrate, but does ferment glucose, glycogen, trehalose, and starch, as well as hydrolyze esculin.

(Olsenella uli, NCI Thesaurus)

In response to embryo implantation, endometrial stromal cells accumulate lipid and glycogen.

(Endometrial Stromal Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare morphologic variant of gallbladder adenocarcinoma composed of malignant glandular epithelium with a predominance of glycogen rich clear cells.

(Gallbladder Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is non-motile, non spore forming, catalase negative, does not hydrolyze esculin or urea and ferments glycogen, erythritol and ribose.

(Arcanobacterium bernardiae, NCI Thesaurus)

Amylase is an enzyme which helps digest glycogen and starch.

(Amylase, NCI Thesaurus)

This leads to an impaired uptake of glucose, a depletion of glycogen stores, and results in the worm's death.

(Albendazole, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is non-motile, nonsporulating, produces acid from maltose, lactose and glucose but not xylose, glycogen, sorbitol or inositol.

(Collinsella aerofaciens, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include diabetes mellitus, glycogen storage disease, mucopolysaccharidoses, and lactose intolerance.

(Carbohydrate Metabolism Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)