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koʊs noun Biochemistry.
1.
a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
2.
Also called starch syrup. a syrup containing dextrose, maltose, and dextrine, obtained by the incomplete hydrolysis of starch.
Related forms
glu·cos·ic, adjective
non·glu·cose, noun
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glucose (ˈɡluːkəʊz, -kəʊs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a white crystalline monosaccharide sugar that has several optically active forms, the most abundant being dextrose: a major energy source in metabolism. Formula: C6H12O6 |
| 2. | a yellowish syrup (or, after desiccation, a solid) containing dextrose, maltose, and dextrin, obtained by incomplete hydrolysis of starch: used in confectionery, fermentation, etc |
| [C19: from French, from Greek gleukos sweet wine; related to Greek glukus sweet] | |
| glucosic | |
| —adj | |
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Glucose
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So is compound molecule. Does it mean:
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| contains at least two different elements |
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Word Origin & History
glucose
1840, from Fr. glucose (1838), from Gk. gleukos "must, sweet wine," related to glykys "sweet," from *glku-, dissimilated in Gk. from PIE *dlk-u- "sweet" (cf. L. dulcis).
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Medical Dictionary
glucose glu·cose (gl&oomacr;'kōs')
n.
A monosaccharide sugar the blood that serves as the major energy source of the body; it occurs in most plant and animal tissue. Also called blood sugar.
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Science Dictionary
glucose (gl 'kōs') Pronunciation Key
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 respiration, Krebs cycle, photosynthesis. |
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Example sentences
Significantly, it could also be used to monitor your own vital signs, such as body temperature and blood glucose level.
Those with high glucose in their blood did not live long enough to suffer complications.
In addition, your brain requires two things to survive: oxygen and glucose.
The fasting glucose tolerance test is the simplest and fastest way to measure blood glucose and diagnose diabetes.
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