Definition of Glycogenosis

1. Noun. (medicine) A metabolic disorder characterized by the inability to metabolize glycogen properly ¹

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Medical Definition of Glycogenosis

1. Any of the glycogen deposition diseases characterised by accumulation of glycogen of normal or abnormal chemical structure in tissue; there may be enlargement of the liver, heart, or striated muscle, including the tongue, with progressive muscular weakness. Seven types (Cori classification) are recognised, depending on the enzyme deficiency involved, all of autosomal recessive inheritance, but with a different gene for each enzyme deficiency. Synonym: dextrinosis, glycogen-storage disease. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glycogenosis

glycogen storage disease type VI
glycogen storage disease type VIII
glycogen synthase
glycogen synthase-d phosphatase
glycogen synthetase
glycogenase
glycogeneses
glycogenesis
glycogenetic
glycogenic
glycogenic acanthosis
glycogenolyses
glycogenolysis
glycogenolytic
glycogenosis (current term)
glycogens
glycogeusia
glycoglycerolipid
glycoglycerolipids
glycoglycinuria
glycohydrolase
glycohydrolases
glycohydrolysis
glycohydrolytic
glycoinositolphospholipid
glycoinositolphospholipids
glycol
glycol ethers
glycol nucleic acid

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