| GLUCOSE | • glucose n. (Biochemistry) A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C6H12O6; it is a principle… • GLUCOSE n. a hexose sugar, found e.g. in ripe fruit, also GLYCOSE. |
| GLUCOSES | • glucoses n. Plural of glucose. • GLUCOSE n. a hexose sugar, found e.g. in ripe fruit, also GLYCOSE. |
| GLUCOSIC | • glucosic adj. Relating to glucose. • GLUCOSIC adj. relating to glucose. |
| GLUCOSIDE | • glucoside n. (Biochemistry) A glycoside that yields glucose after hydrolysis. • GLUCOSIDE n. a glycoside in which the sugar is glucose. |
| GLUCOSIDAL | • glucosidal adj. Pertaining to or containing glucosides. • GLUCOSIDAL adj. of or like a glucoside, a glycoside in which the sugar is glucose, also GLUCOSIDIC. |
| GLUCOSIDES | • glucosides n. Plural of glucoside. • GLUCOSIDE n. a glycoside in which the sugar is glucose. |
| GLUCOSIDIC | • glucosidic adj. Of or pertaining to a glucoside. • GLUCOSIDIC adj. of or like a glucoside, a glycoside in which the sugar is glucose, also GLUCOSIDAL. |
| GLUCOSURIA | • glucosuria n. (Medicine) A condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine; diabetes mellitus. • GLUCOSURIA n. a condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine, also GLYCOSURIA. |
| GLUCOSURIC | • GLUCOSURIC adj. relating to glucosuria, a condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine. |
| GLUCOSAMINE | • glucosamine n. (Biochemistry) An amino derivative of glucose that is a component of polysaccharides such as chitin;… • GLUCOSAMINE n. an amino derivative of glucose that occurs esp. as a constituent of various polysaccharides that are components of structural substances, such as chitin and cartilage. |
| GLUCOSIDASE | • glucosidase n. (Biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides. • GLUCOSIDASE n. an enzyme, such as maltase, that hydrolyzes a glucoside. |
| GLUCOSURIAS | • glucosurias n. Plural of glucosuria. • GLUCOSURIA n. a condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine, also GLYCOSURIA. |
| GLUCOSAMINES | • glucosamines n. Plural of glucosamine. • GLUCOSAMINE n. an amino derivative of glucose that occurs esp. as a constituent of various polysaccharides that are components of structural substances, such as chitin and cartilage. |
| GLUCOSIDASES | • glucosidases n. Plural of glucosidase. • GLUCOSIDASE n. an enzyme, such as maltase, that hydrolyzes a glucoside. |
| DEXTROGLUCOSE | • dextroglucose n. (Archaic) dextrose (D-glucose) form of glucose. • DEXTROGLUCOSE n. a white soluble sweet-tasting crystalline solid that is the dextrorotatory isomer of glucose, aka dextrose. |
| DEXTROGLUCOSES | • dextroglucoses n. Plural of dextroglucose. • DEXTROGLUCOSE n. a white soluble sweet-tasting crystalline solid that is the dextrorotatory isomer of glucose, aka dextrose. |