glycogenolytic etymology

English word glycogenolytic comes from English -lytic, English balanephagous ((rare) Acorn-eating.), English glycogen

Detailed word origin of glycogenolytic

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-lytic English (eng) Used in adjectives relating to nouns with the suffix -lysis.
balanephagous English (eng) (rare) Acorn-eating.
glycogen English (eng) (carbohydrate) A polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals; converted to glucose as needed.
glycogenolytic English (eng) Of, pertaining to, or capable of glycogenolysis, the catabolism of glycogen.

Words with the same origin as glycogenolytic

Descendants of -lytic
adipolytic adrenolytic amidolytic biolytic cerumenolytic erythrolytic exolytic gelatinolytic glycogenolytically glycolytic haemolytic homolytic karyolytic keratinolytic ligninolytic oncolytic photolytic photolytically psycholytic saccharolytic thiolytic thrombolytic urealytic zymolytic
Descendants of balanephagous
balanophagous