Animal starch

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historical examples

some of the sugars, for instance, the liver turns into a kind of animal starch (glycogen), which it stores away in its own cells.
a handbook of health woods hutchinson

thus we have animal starch, or glycogen, stored up in the liver.
a practical physiology albert f. blaisdell

animal starch found in liver, which may be changed into glucose.
a practical physiology albert f. blaisdell

this substance, extracted in the form of a white powder, is really an animal starch.
a practical physiology albert f. blaisdell

noun
a less common name for glycogen

animal starch n.
see glycogen.

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