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chitin

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-001685

A type of polysaccharide (sugar molecule) that is made by some plants and animals. The hard outer shell of shrimp, lobsters, and many insects is made of chitin.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-001685
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-001685",
  "term": "chitin",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A type of polysaccharide (sugar molecule) that is made by some plants and animals. The hard outer shell of shrimp, lobsters, and many insects is made of chitin.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/chitin/"
}

Record 4,729 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.