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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or capable of
glycogenolysis , the catabolism ofglycogen
Etymologies
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glycogen + -o- + -lytic
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When the presence of a hormone is only suspected by the effects it brings about, it is named after those effects in many cases; this new hormone was therefore named hyperglycemic-glycogenolytic factor (hy'per-gly-see'mik gly'koh-jen'oh-lih'tik; "high-glucose, glycogen-dissolving" G) in order to mark the manner in which it raised the blood glucose level and lowered the quantity of glycogen in the liver.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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