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glucotoxic

glucotoxic adjective: toxic as a result of excessive glucose.

Adjective

glucotoxic (not comparable)

  1. toxic as a result of excessive glucose
    • We have also confirmed that glucotoxic condition upregulates Rgs16 expression in these cells.2016 January 26, “ChREBP Regulates Itself and Metabolic Genes Implicated in Lipid Accumulation in β–Cell Line”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of glucotoxic

From gluco- + toxic.

Questions about glucotoxic

What does glucotoxic mean?
Glucotoxic means toxic as a result of excessive glucose.
What part of speech is glucotoxic?
Glucotoxic is an adjective.

Words near glucotoxic in the dictionary

  1. glucosyltransferases
  2. glucotetraose
  3. glucotetraoses
  4. glucotetrasaccharide
  5. glucotetrasaccharides
  6. glucotoxic
  7. glucotoxicities
  8. glucotoxicity
  9. glucotransferase
  10. glucotransferases
  11. glucotriose

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