"galactan" meaning in All languages combined

See galactan on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: galactans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} galactan (plural galactans)
  1. (biochemistry) A polysaccharide consisting of many galactose residues. Categories (topical): Carbohydrates Derived forms: azo-galactan, fucogalactan, pneumogalactan, rhamnogalactan, xylogalactan, xylofucogalactan Translations (polysaccharide consisting of many galactose residues): galaktaani (Finnish), galactan [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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