- animal starch
- noun Date: circa 1860 glycogen
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
animal starch
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animal starch — n GLYCOGEN … Medical dictionary
animal starch — noun one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body • Syn: ↑glycogen • Derivationally related forms: ↑glycogenic (for: ↑glycogen) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
animal starch — see glycogen … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
animal starch — Biochem. glycogen. [1855 60] * * * … Universalium
Animal starch — Животный крахмал … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
animal starch — /ænəməl ˈstatʃ/ (say anuhmuhl stahch) noun → glycogen …
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animal development — Introduction the processes that lead eventually to the formation of a new animal starting from cells derived from one or more parent individuals. Development thus occurs following the process by which a new generation of organisms is produced by … Universalium
Animal nutrition — Animals need a variety of nutrients to meet their basic needs. These nutrients include fats and carbohydrates that provide energy, proteins that furnish amino acids, vitamins that serve as co factors for enzymes and perform other functions, ions… … Wikipedia
starch — A high molecular weight polysaccharide built up of d glucose residues in α 1,4 linkage, differing from cellulose in the presence of α rather than β glucoside linkages, that exists in most plant tissues; converted into dextrin when subjected to… … Medical dictionary
