"glycogen" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-glycogen.wav [US] Forms: glycogens [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French glycogène. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|glycogène}} French glycogène Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} glycogen (countable and uncountable, plural glycogens)
  1. (biochemistry) A polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals; converted to glucose as needed. Wikipedia link: glycogen Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Carbohydrates Derived forms: glycogenesis, glycogenosis, glycogenosome, glycogenolysis Translations (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals): glicogen [masculine] (Catalan), glucogen [masculine] (Catalan), 糖原 (tángyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 肝糖 (gāntáng) (Chinese Mandarin), glykogen [masculine] (Czech), glycogeen [neuter] (Dutch), glikogeno (Esperanto), glykogeeni (Finnish), glycogène [masculine] (French), Glykogen [neuter] (German), γλυκογόνο (glykogóno) [neuter] (Greek), glýkógen [neuter] (Icelandic), dýrasterkja [feminine] (Icelandic), glikogeno (Ido), glikogen (Indonesian), glicogeno [masculine] (Italian), 糖原 (tōgen) (alt: とうげん) (Japanese), グリコーゲン (gurikōgen) (Japanese), гликоген (glikogen) (Kazakh), 글리코젠 (geullikojen) (Korean), glikogen (Malay), kanji haiwan (Malay), گلیکوژن (gelikožen) (Persian), glicogénio [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), glicogênio [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), гликоге́н (glikogén) [masculine] (Russian), glucógeno [masculine] (Spanish), glykogen (Swedish), glikojen (Turkish)

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