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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

글리코겐

Pronunciation / Transliteration: geulrikogen

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Glycogen/ˈɡlaɪ.kə.dʒən/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"글리코겐은 간과 근육에 저장됩니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A multi-branched polysaccharide that serves as a form of energy storage in animals and fungi.

    "The body converts excess glucose into glycogen for storage in the liver and muscles."
  2. 2

    A carbohydrate that can be broken down into glucose when energy is needed.

    "During intense exercise, glycogen is rapidly converted back into glucose to fuel muscle activity."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in French as glycogène in the late 19th century from Greek glykys (sweet) and -gen (producer). It entered scientific English to describe the polysaccharide that produces glucose upon hydrolysis in the liver.

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