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glucostasis

glucostasis noun: the maintenance of a more-or-less constant level of glucose in the body.

Noun

glucostasis (uncountable)

  1. The maintenance of a more-or-less constant level of glucose in the body

Origin of glucostasis

From gluco- + stasis.

Questions about glucostasis

What does glucostasis mean?
Glucostasis means the maintenance of a more-or-less constant level of glucose in the body.
What part of speech is glucostasis?
Glucostasis is a noun.

Words near glucostasis in the dictionary

  1. glucosinolic acid
  2. glucosinolic acids
  3. glucosphingolipid
  4. glucosphingolipids
  5. glucosphingosine
  6. glucostasis
  7. glucostatic
  8. glucostereochemistry
  9. glucosteroid
  10. glucosteroids
  11. glucostrebloside

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