glycogen

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

French glyco-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os

Proto-Hellenic *génos

Ancient Greek γένος (génos)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ēs

Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)

Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor.

French -gène

French glycogènebor.

English glycogen

Borrowed from French glycogène.

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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.
   • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 175:

     Specifically the liver converts glucose into glycogen — a more compact chemical. It is a little bit like shrink-wrapping food so you can pack more of it into your freezer.

Derived terms

• glycogenesis
• glycogenic
• glycogenolysis
• glycogenolytic
• glycogenosis
• glycogenosome
• glycogenotic
• nonglycogen
• phytoglycogen

Translations

polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals

• Catalan: glicogen m, glucogen m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 糖原 (zh) (tángyuán), 肝糖 (zh) (gāntáng)

• Czech: glykogen m
• Dutch: glycogeen (nl) n
• Esperanto: glikogeno
• Finnish: glykogeeni (fi)
• French: glycogène (fr) m
• German: Glykogen n
• Greek: γλυκογόνο (el) n (glykogóno)
• Icelandic: glýkógen n, dýrasterkja f
• Ido: glikogeno (io)
• Indonesian: glikogen (id)
• Italian: glicogeno (it) m
• Japanese: 糖原 (とうげん, tōgen), グリコーゲン (gurikōgen)
• Kazakh: гликоген (glikogen)
• Korean: 글리코젠 (geullikojen)
• Malay: glikogen, kanji haiwan
• Persian: گلیکوژن (fa) (gelikožen)
• Portuguese: glicogénio m (Portugal), glicogênio (pt) m (Brazil)
• Russian: гликоге́н (ru) m (glikogén)
• Spanish: glucógeno (es) m
• Swedish: glykogen (sv)
• Turkish: glikojen (tr)