glucose (redirected from Fasting Plasma Glucose)

glu·cose  (glks)

n.

1. A monosaccharide sugar, C₆H₁₂O₆, occurring widely in most plant and animal tissue. It is the principal circulating sugar in the blood and the major energy source of the body.

2. A colorless to yellowish syrupy mixture of dextrose, maltose, and dextrins containing about 20 percent water, used in confectionery, alcoholic fermentation, tanning, and treating tobacco. Also called starch syrup.

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[French, from Greek glukus, sweet.]

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glucose

Noun

a white crystalline sugar found in plant and animal tissues [Greek gleukos sweet wine]

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glucose  (glks)

A monosaccharide sugar found in plant and animal tissues. Glucose is a product of photosynthesis, mostly incorporated into the disaccharide sugar sucrose rather than circulating free in the plant. Glucose is essential for energy production in animal cells. It is transported by blood and lymph to all the cells of the body, where it is metabolized to form carbon dioxide and water along with ATP, the main source of chemical energy for cellular processes. Glucose molecules can also be linked into chains to form the polysaccharides cellulose, glycogen, and starch. Chemical formula: C₆H₁₂O₆. See more at cellular respirationKrebs cyclephotosynthesis

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

glucose - a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy aldohexose - a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group glucosamine - an amino derivative of glucose that is a component of many polysaccharides corn sugar - dextrose made by hydrolysis of cornstarch dextroglucose, dextrose, grape sugar - an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits blood glucose, blood sugar - glucose in the bloodstream

Translations

glucose [ˈgluːkəus] n → glucosa

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glucose [ˈgluːkəus] n → glucose m

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glucose [ˈgluːkəus] n → Traubenzucker m

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glucose [ˈgluːkəus] n → glucosio