a white crystalline monosaccharide sugar that has several optically active forms, the most abundant being dextrose: a major energy source in metabolism. Formula: C6H12O6
2.
a yellowish syrup (or, after desiccation, a solid) containing dextrose, maltose, and dextrin, obtained by incomplete hydrolysis of starch: used in confectionery, fermentation, etc
Derived forms
glucosic (ɡluːˈkɒsɪk)
adjective
Word origin
C19: from French, from Greek gleukos sweet wine; related to Greek glukus sweet
glucose in American English
(ˈgluˌkoʊs)
noun
a crystalline monosaccharide occurring naturally in fruits, honey, and blood: the commercial form, also containing dextrin and maltose, is prepared as a sweet syrup or, upon desiccation, as a white solid, by the hydrolysis of starch in thepresence of dilute acids or enzymes
Word origin
Fr < Gr gleúkos, sweet wine, sweetness, akin to glykys, sweet: see glycerin
Examples of 'glucose' in a sentence
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Remove from the heat and stir in the liquid glucose until dissolved.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
To convert glucose to energy or to store glucose your body needs insulin.
Leslie, Dr R D G Diabetes (1989)
The most important sugars which are then absorbed are fructose and glucose.
Holford, Patrick The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
As such it has a similar action to glucose metabolism as sugar.
Holford, Patrick The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
With some of the drugs in this group it is thought that glucose tolerance may improve with prolonged use.
Martlew, Gillian & Silver, Shelley (ed) The Medicine Chest - your family's guide to prescription drugs (1988)
It is used by the body at the very first stage of the process which converts glucose to energy.
Colette Harris, With Theresa Cheung PCOS DIET BOOK: How you can use the nutritional approach to deal with polycysticovary syndrome (2002)
As sugar becomes a nice pale caramel colour, add glucose syrup and stir gently.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
According to the pack, the main ingredient was glucose syrup.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Unlike glucose, fructose goes straight to the liver and is processed as fat.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Researchers looked at over 500 overweight adults with impaired tolerance to glucose.
Colette Harris, With Theresa Cheung PCOS DIET BOOK: How you can use the nutritional approach to deal with polycysticovary syndrome (2002)
Unable to derive sufficient energy from glucose, the body begins to draw on stored fat.
Schneider, Hermann & Schneider, Leo The Harper Dictionary of Science in Everyday Language (1988)
It also made the patients more insulin sensitive and increased their glucose tolerance -- both positive changes.
Colette Harris, With Theresa Cheung PCOS DIET BOOK: How you can use the nutritional approach to deal with polycysticovary syndrome (2002)
The source of the energy is glucose, a basic simple sugar obtained from food.
Schneider, Hermann & Schneider, Leo The Harper Dictionary of Science in Everyday Language (1988)
This is caused by a lack of insulin, defective insulin or a lack of glucose tolerance factor.
Holford, Patrick The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
A glucose tolerance curve is the plotted results of the test.
Mayes, Adrienne The Dictionary of Nutritional Health (1986)
This causes an imbalance of glucose sugars in the blood, and leads to nerve damage and sometimes limb amputations.
The Sun (2012)
Mix the condensed milk and liquid glucose in a large bowl, then pour in the reduced milk and stir well.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A component of the glucose tolerance factor, and often deficient in chronic illness.
Chaitow, Leon The Beat Fatigue Workbook - how to identify the causes (1988)
Remove from the heat, stir in the liquid glucose until dissolved, then leave to cool.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It occurs where there is too much of a certain sugar, glucose, in the blood.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Firstly you'll want to avoid formulas that contain added sugar, glucose.
Holford, Patrick The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
Another group of volunteers on the same diet, but with glucose sugar replacing fructose, did not have these problems.