GLUCOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glucose mean? 

• GLUCOSE (noun)
  The noun GLUCOSE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GLUCOSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLUCOSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("glucose" is a kind of...):

aldohexose (a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glucose"):

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)

 Context examples 

This species is nonmotile, indole negative, resistant to colistin, lactose positive and produces acid from D-glucose, lactose and raffinose.

(Moellerella wisconsensis, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the metabolism of glucose and lipids.

(ADIPOQ Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

To investigate the association between Tcf7l2, nicotine addiction and blood glucose regulation, researchers genetically deleted Tcf7l2, in rats.

(Nicotine addiction linked to diabetes through a DNA-regulating gene in animal models, National Institutes of Health)

In this way, we can help in a diabetic context to better control and maintain appropriate levels of glucose without pharmacological intervention.

(Researchers Develop Insulin-Producing Cells Activated by Light for Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This bacteria is oxidase positive, does not hydrolyze esculin, produces gas from glucose and produces indole and mannitol.

(Aeromonas jandaei, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the modulation of both glucose metabolism and lipid homeostasis.

(Adiponectin, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is nonmotile, oxidase and urease positive, weakly catalase positive, does not hydrolyze esculin and produces acid from glucose, lactose and xylose.

(Actinobacillus equuli, NCI Thesaurus)

This prevents the breakdown of larger carbohydrates into glucose and decreases the rise in postprandial blood glucose levels.

(Acarbose, NCI Thesaurus)

A family of hydrolases that cleaves alpha-linkages in polysaccharides, such as starch and glycogen, and yield glucose and maltose.

(Alpha-Amylase, NCI Thesaurus)

They range from small and simple, like a blood glucose meter, to large and complicated, like a ventilator.

(Medical Device Safety, Food and Drug Administration)