dextran

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Noun

dextran (countable and uncountable, plural dextrans)

  1. (biochemistry) A biopolymer of glucose produced by enzymes of certain bacteria; used as a substitute for blood plasma, and as a stationary phase in chromatography.

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Noun

dextran m (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) dextran (a biopolymer of glucose produced by enzymes of certain bacteria)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dextrane.

Noun

dextran n (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) dextran

Declension
declension of dextran (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) dextran dextranul
genitive/dative (unui) dextran dextranului
vocative dextranule
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