Definition of Glycose

1. n. One of a class of carbohydrates having from three to nine atoms of carbon in the molecules and having the constitution either of an aldehyde alcohol or of a ketone alcohol. Most glycoses have hydrogen and oxygen present in the proportion to form water, while the number of carbon atoms is usually equal to the number of atoms of oxygen.

Definition of Glycose

1. Noun. (chemistry) any monosaccharide ¹

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Definition of Glycose

1. glucose [n -S] - See also: glucose

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glycose

glycopyrrolate
glycorandomization
glycorandomizations
glycorrhachia
glycorrhoea
glycosamine
glycosamines
glycosaminoglycan
glycosaminoglycans
glycosan
glycosans
glycoscience
glycosciences
glycoscientist
glycoscientists
glycose (current term)
glycosecretory
glycoses
glycosialia
glycosialorrhoea
glycosidase
glycosidases
glycosidation
glycosidations
glycoside
glycoside hydrolases
glycosides
glycosidic
glycosidic acid
glycosidic bond

Literary usage of Glycose

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

1. Précis de physiologie by Maurice Arthus (1908)
"quantité totale de glycose, pour une concentration do la solution, pour une vitesse de ... If glycogène est la forme de dépôt, la glycose est la forme, ..."

2. Chemistry in Its Relations to Physiology and Medicine by George Edward Day (1860)
"... but, in relation to zoo-chemistry, we need only notice the following individual members of these groups : — Grape-sugar or glycose . ..."

3. Cattle Feeding with Sugar Beets, Sugar, Molasses, and Sugar Beet Residuum by Lewis Sharpe Ware (1902)
"... former contain more protein than the latter. Glycogen. This substance is a carbohydrate and is formed in the liver. glycose is another name for glucose. ..."

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