zymosan

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noun

an insoluble carbohydrate, obtained from the cell walls of yeast, used in the bioassay of blood serum

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Meanings

nounzymosan (countable and uncountable, plural zymosans)

plural zymosans

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryan insoluble carbohydrate, obtained from the cell walls of yeast, used in the bioassay of blood serum
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