MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Complex polysaccharides containing an amino group; occur chiefly as components of connective tissue

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Nouns denoting substances

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mucopolysaccharide"):

hyaluronic acid (a viscous mucopolysaccharide found in the connective tissue space and the synovial fluid of movable joints and the humors of the eye; a cementing and protective substance)

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