Definition of Glycan

1. Noun. (chemistry) Any polysaccharide or oligosaccharide, epsecially one that is part of a glycoprotein or glycolipid ¹

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Definition of Glycan

1. a carbohydrate [n -S] - See also: carbohydrate

Medical Definition of Glycan

1. Polymers of (arbitrarily) more than about ten monosaccharide residues linked glycosidically in branched or unbranched chains. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glycan

gluttonizes
gluttonizing
gluttonous
gluttonously
gluttonousness
gluttons
gluttony
glutæal
glutæi
glutæus
glyburide
glycaemia
glycaemic
glycal
glycals
glycan (current term)
glycanase
glycanohydrolases
glycans
glycaric
glycaric acid
glycate
glycated
glycates
glycation
glycations
glycemia
glycemic
glyceollin
glyceollins

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