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Meaning of GLYCOGENY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gly*cog"e*ny\, Glycogenesis \Gly`co*gen"e*sis\, n.
(Physiol.)
The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the
liver.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: The breaking down, or catabolism, of the polysaccharide glycogen into molecules of the sugar glucose and molecules of glucose 1-phosphate within the body by enzymes. The enzymes are controlled by nerve impulses and hormones.
 

 

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