Specifically the liver converts glucose into glycogen — a more compact chemical. It is a little bit like shrink-wrapping food so you can pack more of it into your freezer.
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Glycogen
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29 translations across 23 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- glicogen noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
- glucogen noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 糖原 noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
- 肝糖 noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Czech
1 entries- glykogen noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Dutch
1 entries- glycogeen noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Esperanto
1 entries- glikogeno noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Finnish
1 entries- glykogeeni noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
French
1 entries- glycogène noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
German
1 entries- Glykogen noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Greek
1 entries- γλυκογόνο noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Icelandic
2 entries- dýrasterkja noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
- glýkógen noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Ido
1 entries- glikogeno noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Indonesian
1 entries- glikogen noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Italian
1 entries- glicogeno noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Japanese
2 entries- グリコーゲン noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
- 糖原 noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Kazakh
1 entries- гликоген noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Korean
1 entries- 글리코젠 noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Malay
2 entries- glikogen noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
- kanji haiwan noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Persian
1 entries- گلیکوژن noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Portuguese
2 entries- glicogénio noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
- glicogênio noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Russian
1 entries- гликоге́н noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Spanish
1 entries- glucógeno noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Swedish
1 entries- glykogen noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
Turkish
1 entries- glikojen noun (polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals)
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