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GLYCOGENESIS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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

changeover; conversion; transition (an event that results in a transformation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The formation in animals of glycogen from glucose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

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