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Definition of Glucose

1. Noun. A monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy.

Definition of Glucose

1. n. 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.

Definition of Glucose

1. Noun. (carbohydrates) A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C₆H₁₂O₆; it is a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism. ¹

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Definition of Glucose

1. a sugar [n -S] : GLUCOSIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Glucose

1. D glucose, a monosaccharide (hexose), C6H12O6, found in certain foodstuffs, especially fruits and in the normal blood of all animals. It is the end product of carbohydrate metabolism and is the chief source of energy for living organisms, its utilisation being controlled by insulin. Excess glucose is converted to glycogen and stored in the liver and muscles for use as needed and, beyond that, is converted to fat and stored as adipose tissue. Glucose appears in the urine in diabetes mellitus. Synonym: dextrose. Origin: Gr. Gleukos = sweetness, glykys = sweet (14 Oct 1997)

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Literary usage of Glucose

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In 1889 Germany had 30 glucose factories which produced ... The manufacture of glucose or grape-sugar from starch in the United States began in a small ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"In each of three series of experiments oral glucose, 1 g/kg, ... In two series, glucose alone was given to dogs fasted for 16 hr or for 112 hr. ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1895)
"AMERICAN glucose Co. 41° B. Mixing glucose, 0.0184 0.016 0.019 0.014 SO,. ... OF the quantity of ash in glucose syrup and grape-sugar now offered in open ..."

4. Corporate Promotions and Reorganizations by Arthur Stone Dewing (1914)
"First important factory for the preparation of glucose. 1881. Establishment of the Chicago Sugar ... Formation of the glucose Sugar Refining Company. 1902. ..."

5. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"glucose as a Constituent of Higher Sugars. — Besides forming condensation products with plant alcohols, aldehydes, phenols, acids, etc., to form glucosides, ..."

6. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"glucose froths up in the open fire, evolves a smell of burned sugar, and burne away with ... When oxygen is passed over glucose mixed with spongy platinum, ..."

7. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"glucose is readily fermentable. Of the greatest importance is the alcoholic ... This character is ihe base of the plan of adding glucose to wine and beer ..."

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