Definitions for dextrans

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dextrans dex·tran

Spelling: [dek-struh n]

IPA: /ˈdɛk strən/

Dextrans is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 354 anagrams from letters in dextrans (adenrstx).

Definitions for dextrans

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 dextrans

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