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UK
/ɡlˈuːkəʊs/
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[ US /ˈɡɫuˌkoʊs/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɫuˌkoʊs/ ]
NOUN
- a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy
How To Use glucose In A Sentence
- Fructose is absorbed more slowly than glucose and galactose. The Dictionary of Nutritional Health
- When you eat or drink a food source of maltose, the maltose is split into two glucose units so they can be absorbed.
- According to the pack, the main ingredient was glucose syrup. Times, Sunday Times
- It is well known that diabetics and people with glucose intolerance have impaired calcium metabolism. The Family Nutrition Workbook
- This exercise involves the assembly of a glucose biosensor with the glucose oxidase immobilised within a membrane at the surface of polarographic oxygen electrode. Archive 2004-12-01
- Beta blockers can impair glucose tolerance, block the symptoms of hypoglycemia and delay recovery from a hypoglycemic episode.
- Lacouture et al. found that a leukocyte count greater than 15,000/mm3 and a serum glucose greater than 150 mg./dl. are predictive of a serum iron concentration greater than 300 mcg./dl. 4 Iron Poisoning
- The material, called a hydrogel, contains a polymer that senses and binds to glucose in bodily fluids.
- The cryoprotectants used are colligative in action, glucose and glycerol are two of the most common cryoprotectants (a particular species confines itself to the use of a single cryoprotectant). Archive 2004-09-01
- Values of packed cell count, haemoglobin, urea, glucose, creatinine, and electrolytes were obtained at admission.