glucose
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
glucose /ˈgluːkəʊs, -z/
▶noun a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.
■ a syrup containing glucose and other sugars, made by hydrolysis of starch and used in the food industry.
– origin C19: from Fr., from Gk gleukos ‘sweet wine’.
'glucose' also found in these Oxford entries:
biotin
- blood sugar
- cellulase
- cellulose
- dextrose
- glucagon
- glucoside
- glycaemic index
- glycogen
- glycogenesis
- glycolysis
- glycosuria
- hexose
- hyperglycaemia
- hypoglycaemia
- insulin
- invert sugar
- ketone bodies
- lactase
- lactose
- maltase
- monosaccharide
- succinic acid
- sucrose
- sugar
- triacetate
