glycosaminoglycan

glycosaminoglycan
/gluy'kohs euh mee'noh gluy"kan/, n.
any of a class of polysaccharides derived from hexosamine that form mucins when complexed with proteins: formerly called mucopolysaccharide.
[1975-80; GLYCO- + (HEXO)SAMINE + -O- + glycan polysaccharide]

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