glucose
pronunciation
How to pronounce glucose in British English:
UK [ˈɡluːkəʊs]
How to pronounce glucose in American English:
US [ˈɡluːkoʊs]
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- Noun:
- a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy
Word Origin
- glucose
- glucose: see glycerine
- glucose (n.)
- name of a group of sugars (in commercial use, "sugar-syrup from starch"), 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" (see gluco-). It first was obtained from grape sugar. Related: Glucosic.
Example
- 1. Normally , the brain uses glucose as a fuel .
- 2. Tumor cells use more glucose than other cells .
- 3. Egg white contains traces of glucose .
- 4. Researchers at the university of michigan studied glucose in rabbits .
- 5. High levels of glucose in the blood damage nerves and blood vessels .