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Synonyms for glucose

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gloo-kohs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈglu koʊs

Top 10 synonyms for glucose
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Définition of glucose

Origin :
  • 1840, from French glucose (1838), said to have been coined by French professor Eugène Melchior Péligot (1811-1890) from Greek gleukos "must, sweet wine," related to glykys "sweet, delightful, dear," from *glku-, dissimilated in Greek from PIE *dlk-u- "sweet" (cf. Latin dulcis). It first was obtained from grape sugar.
  • As in blood sugar : noun level of glucose in blood
  • As in carbohydrate : noun organic compound composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
  • As in sugar : noun sweet substance
  • As in syrup : noun sweet liquid
Example sentences :
  • This was directly established for glucose, lævulose, galactose, and arabinose .
  • Extract from : « Researches on Cellulose » by C. F. Cross
  • Why must the starchy foods be changed in the body into sugar, or glucose?
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of Health » by Woods Hutchinson
  • Boiled in dilute acids it splits into murrayetin and glucose.
  • Extract from : « The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines » by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  • I have a good notion to poison myself by eating some of your glucose sugar.
  • Extract from : « Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa » by George W. Peck
  • Glucose is also found in considerable amount in sweet corn and onions.
  • Extract from : « Foods and Household Management » by Helen Kinne
  • Curve A shows the normal course of fermentation of yeast-juice with glucose.
  • Extract from : « Alcoholic Fermentation » by Arthur Harden
  • The extent of fermentation does not differ materially from that attained with glucose.
  • Extract from : « Alcoholic Fermentation » by Arthur Harden
  • This substance is transformed into glucose by the kidneys of healthy persons.
  • Extract from : « A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis » by James Campbell Todd
  • Glucose is by far the most common, and is the only one of clinical importance.
  • Extract from : « A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis » by James Campbell Todd
  • The presence of glucose is the essential feature of the disease.
  • Extract from : « A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis » by James Campbell Todd
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