glycogen noun. ['glʌɪkǝdʒ(ǝ)n] 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.

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