Usually means: Sugar molecules linked in chains.
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  1. glycan: Merriam-Webster
  2. glycan: Collins English Dictionary
  3. glycan: Wordnik
  4. glycan: Wiktionary
  5. glycan: Dictionary.com
  6. Glycan: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. glycan: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. glycan: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. glycan: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  5. glycan: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (glycan)

▸ noun:  (cabrohydrate) Any polysaccharide or oligosaccharide, especially one that is part of a glycoprotein or glycolipid.

Similar:
glycosan, polyglycan, glycomolecule, glycopolypeptide, glycosaminoglycan, oligoglycan, glycoconjugate, glycoaminoglycan, glucan, lipidoglycan, more...

Opposite:
aglycan, nonglycan, deglycan

Types:
monosaccharide, disaccharide, trisaccharide, tetrasaccharide, pentasaccharide, more...

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Similar:
glycosan, polyglycan, glycomolecule, glycopolypeptide, glycosaminoglycan, oligoglycan, glycoconjugate, glycoaminoglycan, glucan, lipidoglycan, more...

Opposite:
aglycan, nonglycan, deglycan

Types:
monosaccharide, disaccharide, trisaccharide, tetrasaccharide, pentasaccharide, more...



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