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MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Complex polysaccharides containing an amino group; occur chiefly as components of connective tissue
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mucopolysaccharide" is a kind of...):
polyose; polysaccharide (any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mucopolysaccharide"):
hyaluronic acid (a viscous mucopolysaccharide found in the connective tissue space and the synovial fluid of movable joints and the humors of the eye; a cementing and protective substance)
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