animal starch
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animal starch
n.
See glycogen.
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animal starch
n
(Biochemistry) a less common name for glycogen
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| Noun | 1. | animal starch - one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body polyose, polysaccharide - any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules |
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