Medical Definition of Hepatin

1. Branched polymer of D glucose (mostly _(1-4) linked, but some _(1-6) at branch points). Size range very variable, up to 10exp5 glucose units. Major short term storage polymer of animal cells and is particularly abundant in the liver and to a lesser extent in muscle. In the electron microscope glycogen has a characteristic asterisk or star appearance. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hepatin

hepatico-
hepaticodochotomy
hepaticoduodenostomy
hepaticoenterostomy
hepaticogastrostomy
hepaticolithotomy
hepaticolithotripsy
hepaticological
hepaticologist
hepaticologists
hepaticology
hepaticopulmonary
hepaticostomy
hepaticotomy
hepatics
hepatin (current term)
hepatisation
hepatise
hepatised
hepatises
hepatite
hepatites
hepatitic
hepatitides
hepatitis
hepatitis A virus
hepatitis B antibodies

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