Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to glycogen: as, the glycogenic function of the liver.
- Derived from glycogen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen.
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- adjective Pertaining to, or caused by,
glycogen .
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- adjective of or relating to or involving glycogen
Etymologies
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Examples
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Bernard, of the liver's glycogenic function, i.e. of the important part played by the liver in the metabolism of sugar in the body.
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His studies on the glycogenic functions of the liver opened the way for the modern fruitful researches on the internal secretions of the various glands.
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This was followed by the discovery of the glycogenic function of the liver — perhaps his most noteworthy achievement, particularly on account of its bearing on current views in biology.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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As regards the ductless glands, the first clew to their function was given when the great Frenchman Claude Bernard (the man of whom his admirers loved to say, "He is not a physiologist merely; he is physiology itself") discovered what is spoken of as the glycogenic function of the liver.
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This capacity of the liver cells is quite independent of the bile-making power of the same cells; hence the discovery of this glycogenic function showed that an organ may have more than one pronounced and important specific function.
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He discovered the glycogenic function of the liver, and proved that in addition to secreting bile, that organ stores up glycogen from the sugar absorbed in the stomach and intestines, and gives it out again as sugar to the blood.
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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In seeking for the fountain-head of diabetic sugar, it is found that the liver is the great glycogenic, or sugar-originating factory of the body.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890
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His studies on the glycogenic functions of the liver opened the way for the modern fruitful researches on the internal secretions of the various glands.
The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 William Osler 1884
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(glycogenic function of the liver, the consumption of glycogen through work of the muscles, the discovery of vascular nerves, the chemistry of the bile and the urine, theory of diabetes mellitus, assimiliation of sugar, atrophy of the pancreas, the power of the pancreatic juice to digest albumen, and the theory of animal heat).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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