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galactan

[ guh-lak-tuhn, -tan ]

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. any of the class of hexosans, as agar, that yield galactose upon hydrolysis.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of galactan1

From German, dating back to 1885–90; galact-, -ane

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