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glycan /gly·can/ (gli´kan) polysaccharide.
gly·can (glkn, -kn)
n.
See polysaccharide.
polysaccharide [pol″e-sak´ah-rīd]
a carbohydrate which, on acid hydrolysis, yields many monosaccharides.
glycan
polysaccharide.
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