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glucose
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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.

[French, from Greek glukus, sweet.]

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

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.glucoseglucose - 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] nglucosa

glucose [ˈgluːkəus] nglucose m

glucose [ˈgluːkəus] nTraubenzucker m

glucose [ˈgluːkəus] nglucosio

glucose
n glucose [ˈgluːkous]
a kind of sugar found in the juice of fruit. druiwesuiker, glukose جلوكوز: سُكَّر عِنَب гликоза hroznový cukr glukose die Glukose γλυκόζη glucosa viinamarjasuhkur گلوکز rypälesokeri glucose גלוקוזה ग्लूकोज glukoza szőlőcukor glukosa glúkósi glucosio ぶどう糖 포도당 gliukozė glikoze glukos glucose druesukker, glukose glukoza glucose glucoză глюкоза glukóza glukoza glukoza glukos น้ำตาลกลูโคส glikoz 葡萄糖 глюкоза پھلوں کے رس میں پائی جانے والی شکر đường glucoza 葡萄


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A casual plasma glucose level (taken at any time of day) of 200 mg/dL or greater when the symptoms of diabetes are present.
 
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