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1. (n.) glucose
a simple sugar, C
2. glucose
a syrup containing dextrose, maltose, and dextrine, obtained by the incomplete hydrolysis of starch.
Etymology: (1830–40; < F < Gk glykýs sweet)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) glucose
a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Glucose
a variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. Called also dextrose, grape sugar, diabetic sugar, and starch sugar. See Dextrose
2. (noun) Glucose
any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc
3. (noun) Glucose
the trade name of a sirup, obtained as an uncrystallizable reside in the manufacture of glucose proper, and containing, in addition to some dextrose or glucose, also maltose, dextrin, etc. It is used as a cheap adulterant of sirups, beers, etc
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Glucose
A primary source of energy for living organisms. It is naturally occurring and is found in fruits and other parts of plants in its free state. It is used therapeutically in fluid and nutrient replacement.
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Sense: a kind of sugar found in the juice of fruit.
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 Afrikaans: druiwesuiker, glukose |
 Arabic: جلوكوز: سُكَّر عِنَب |
 Bulgarian: гликоза |
 Brazilian: glicose |
 Czech: hroznový cukr |
 German: die Glukose |
 Danish: glukose |
 Greek: γλυκόζη |
 Spanish: glucosa |
 Estonian: viinamarjasuhkur |
 Farsi: گلوکز |
 Finnish: glukoosi |
 French: glucose |
 Hebrew: גלוקוזה |
 Hindi: ग्लूकोज |
 Croatian: glukoza |
 Hungarian: szőlőcukor |
 Indonesian: glukosa |
 Icelandic: glúkósi |
 Italian: glucosio |
 Japanese: ぶどう糖 |
 Korean: 포도당 |
 Lithuanian: gliukozė |
 Latvian: glikoze |
 Malay: glukos |
 Dutch: glucose |
 Norwegian: druesukker, glukose |
 Polish: glukoza |
 Persian: گلوکز |
 Pashto: ګلوكوز، دميوو قندى مواد |
 Portuguese: glucose |
 Romanian: glucoză |
 Russian: глюкоза |
 Slovak: glukóza |
 Slovenian: glukoza |
 Serbian: glukoza |
 Swedish: glukos |
 Thai: น้ำตาลกลูโคส |
 Turkish: glikoz |
 Taiwanese: 葡萄糖 |
 Ukrainian: глюкоза |
 Urdu: پھلوں کے رس میں پائی جانے |
 Vietnamese: đường glucoza |
 Chinese: 葡萄糖 |
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