dextran

dextran
/dek"streuhn/, n. Chem., Pharm.
a viscous polysaccharide, composed of dextrose, produced by bacterial action on sucrose: used in confections and lacquers and in medicine chiefly as an extender for blood plasma.
[1875-80; DEXTR(OSE) + -AN(HYDRIDE)]

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