glucose
Syllables: glu·cose/ˈɡluː.kəʊz/US/ˈɡlu.koʊs/
glucose noun: a simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C₆H₁₂O₆; a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.
Noun
glucose (countable and uncountable, plural glucoses)
- A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C₆H₁₂O₆; a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.
- Synonyms:
- blood sugar, corn sugar, grape sugar
glucose meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
glucose in Hindi
- simple monosaccharide sugar
- ग्लूकोज़ glūkoz, द्राक्षधु drākṣadhu
glucose in Tamil
- மாச்சீனி, திராட்சை வெல்லம், மாவுச் சர்க்கரை, மாச்சீனி குளுக்கோஸ், குளூக்கோசு
glucose in Marathi
- simple monosaccharide sugar
- ग्लुकोज glukoj
glucose in Urdu
- glucose, saccharose
- شرکرا śarkarā
More languagesFewer languages
- glucose in Bengali
- গ্লুকোজ glukōj
- glucose in Telugu
- గ్లూకోజ్
- glucose in Malayalam
- ഗ്ലൂക്കോസ്
- glucose in Kannada
- ಸೀವುಳಿಸಕ್ಕರೆ, ಸೀವುಳಿಸಿ
- glucose in Punjabi
- ਗਲੂਕੋਜ਼
- glucose in Gujarati
- શર્કરા śarkarā
- glucose in Odia
- ଗ୍ଲୁକୋଜ୍, ଗ୍ଲୁକୋଜ
- glucose in Nepali
- ग्लुकोज, ग्लुकोस
- glucose in Tagalog
- glukosa
- glucose in Arabic
- جلوكوز
- glucose in Indonesian
- glukosa
- glucose in Persian
- گلوکوز glukôz, قند انگور qand-e angur
- glucose in Thai
- กลูโคส gluu-kóot
- glucose in Vietnamese
- glucozơ, glu-cô
Examples of glucose in a sentence
- Lab tests to consider under these circumstances include serum electrolytes, serum glucose, and urine protein.
- Lactase is a disaccharidase that breaks down lactose into glucose and galactose.
- Melezitose can be partially hydrolyzed to glucose and turanose.
Synonyms of glucose
Forms of glucose
| plural | glucoses |
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Origin of glucose
From French, from Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos, “wine, must”). By surface analysis, gluco- + -ose; note that -ose is derived from the word glucose.
Words formed from glucose
- anhydroglucose
- carboxymethyl glucose
- confectioner's glucose
- deoxyglucose
- fasting glucose
- fluorodeoxyglucose
- glucase
- glucosamine
- glucose 6-phosphate
- glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
- glucose-6-phosphate isomerase
- glucose-fructose
- glucose-fructose syrup
- glucoselike
- glucose syrup
- glucosic
- glucoside
- glucosiduronate
- glucosuria
- glucosyl
- glucuronic
- glucurono-
- glutose
- glycerophosphoglucose
- isoglucose
- monoglucose
- nitroglucose
- nonglucose
- oral glucose
- pentagalloylglucose
- phosphatidylglucose
- phosphoglucose
- phosphoglucoseisomerase
- polyglucose
- random glucose
Phrases with glucose
Questions about glucose
- What does glucose mean?
- Glucose means a simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C₆H₁₂O₆; a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.
- What is glucose in Hindi?
- Glucose in Hindi is ग्लूकोज़ (glūkoz), द्राक्षधु (drākṣadhu). See Glucose meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is glucose?
- Glucose is a noun.
- How do you pronounce glucose?
- Glucose is pronounced /ˈɡluː.kəʊz/ (UK).
- What is the plural of glucose?
- The plural of glucose is glucoses.
Words near glucose in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: glucose (page history and authors); glucose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); شرکرا (Urdu) (page history and authors); glucose (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glucose (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glucose (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glucose (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); શર્કરા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); glucose (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glucose (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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