Usually means: Soluble polysaccharide derived from sucrose.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. dextran: Merriam-Webster
  2. dextran: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dextran: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dextran: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dextran: Wordnik
  6. dextran: Wiktionary
  7. dextran: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. dextran: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. dextran: Dictionary.com
  10. Dextran: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. dextran: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. dextran: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. dextran: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. dextran: Medical dictionary

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  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (dextran)

noun:  (biochemistry) A biopolymer of glucose produced by enzymes of certain bacteria; used as a substitute for blood plasma, and as a stationary phase in chromatography.

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