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glu·cose

(glo͞o′kōs′)

1. A monosaccharide sugar, C₆H₁₂O₆, that is used by living things to obtain energy through the process of aerobic respiration within cells. It is the principal circulating sugar in the blood of humans and other mammals.

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.]

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glucose

(ˈɡluːkəʊz; -kəʊs)

1. (Elements & Compounds) 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. (Elements & Compounds) 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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glu•cose

(ˈglu koʊs)

n.

1. a simple sugar, C₆H₁₂O₆, that is a product of photosynthesis and is the principal source of energy for all living organisms: concentrated in fruits and honey or readily obtainable from starch, other carbohydrates, or glycogen.

2. a syrup containing dextrose, maltose, and dextrine, obtained by the incomplete hydrolysis of starch.

[1830–40; < French < Greek glykýs sweet]

glu•cos′ic, adj.

glu·cose

(glo͞o′kōs′)

A crystalline sugar having the formula C₆H₁₂O₆, found in plant and animal tissue and essential to the animal diet. It is transported by blood and lymph to all the cells of the body, where it is broken down to produce ATP, the main source of energy for cellular processes.

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glucose

(or dextrose) A simple sugar: the form of carbohydrate absorbed from the alimentary canal, supplied by blood to the muscles and converted for storage to glycogen.

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Noun

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

جلوكوزجلوكوز: سُكَّر عِنَب

glucosa

glukózahroznový cukr

glukosedruesukker

Glukose DextroseGlucose

γλυκόζη

glukozo

glucosa

glukoosi

glucose

glukoza

szõlõcukor

glúkósi

glucosio

グルコースブドウ糖

글루코오스포도당

gliukozė

glikoze

glukózaglukoza

glukosblodsockerdextrosdruvsocker

กลูโคส

glikoz glükoz

đường glucose

葡萄糖

glucose

[ˈgluːkəʊs] N → glucosa f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

glucose

[ˈgluːkəʊz ˈgluːkəʊs] n → glucose m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

glucose

n → Glucose f, → Glukose f, → Traubenzucker m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

glucose

[ˈgluːkəʊs] n → glucosio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

glucose

(ˈgluːkous) noun

a kind of sugar found in the juice of fruit.

glucose

→ جلوكوز glukóza glukose Glukose γλυκόζη glucosa glukoosi glucose glukoza glucosio グルコース 글루코오스 glucose glukose glukoza glicose глюкоза glukos กลูโคส glükoz đường glucose 葡萄糖

glu·cose

n. glucosa, dextrosa, azúcar de fruta, fuente principal de energía en organismos vivos;

blood level of ___ → nivel de ___ en la sangre;

___, tolerance test → prueba de tolerancia a la ___.

glucose

n glucosa

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