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- noun Plural form of
mucopolysaccharide .
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Examples
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Trey is a beautiful 3 year old boy who suffers from an illness called MPS II or Hunter's Syndrome, a Lysosomal Storage Disease that inhibits the body's ability to break down and recycle specific mucopolysaccharides.
September 21st, 2007 2007
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He reached in to his thigh pocket and pulled out a plastic-covered gel disc, about five centimeters across, made from synthesized copies of local mucopolysaccharides.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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It may be involved in compounds similar to mucopolysaccharides glycosaminoglycans to form a “gluelike” substance in the bone matrix.
The New Super-Nutrition Ph.D. Richard A. Passwater 1991
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It may be involved in compounds similar to mucopolysaccharides glycosaminoglycans to form a “gluelike” substance in the bone matrix.
The New Super-Nutrition Ph.D. Richard A. Passwater 1991
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In the case of saliva, the polymers are proteins known as mucopolysaccharides.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Children with Sanfilippo Syndrome are born missing an enzyme that help break up used mucopolysaccharides -- long chains of sugar molecules -- called hepran sulfate.
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They also contain immune activating mucopolysaccharides and the antioxidant quercetin.
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Extensive research has shown that Type II collagen is lost progressively, along with mucopolysaccharides, in rheumatoid and osteoarthritis patients.
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"The disease EPSM thus refers to the clinical syndrome of muscle disease, particularly rhabdomyolysis, with amylase-resistant, sarcolemmal inclusions of acid mucopolysaccharides evident on muscle biopsy sample," he said.
TheHorse.com News 2009
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Acid neutral mucopolysaccharides experimental muscle trichinelliasis
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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