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"Dextran" Definition

noun

Any of a group of long-chain polymers of glucose with various molecular weights that are used in confections, in lacquers, as food additives, and as plasma volume expanders.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

Any of numerous glucose biopolymers of variable molecular weight that are produced especially by the fermentation of sucrose by bacteria (as genus ), are found in dental plaque, and are used especially in blood plasma substitutes.

Source: Merriam-Webster

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