n :  any of a group of levorotatory polysaccharides (C₆H₁₀O₅)_n composed of levulose units of the furanose type and formed esp. from sucrose solutions by the action of various bacteria (as Bacillus subtilis or B. mesentericus) - compare DEXTRAN  .
 
 
 
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