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The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.

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  1. n. The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.
  2. n. the formation in animals of glycogen from glucose
  3. n. the conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand
  4. The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.
  5. n. the formation in animals of glycogen from glucose n. the conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand