Definitions for dextran

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dextran dex·tran

Spelling: [dek-struh n]

IPA: /ˈdɛk strən/

Dextran is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 181 anagrams from letters in dextran (adenrtx).

Definitions for dextran

noun

1. 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.

Origin of dextran

First recorded in 1875-80; dextr(ose) + an(hydride)