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glucose

9 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. glucose (noun)
  2. glucose-1-phosphate (noun)
  3. glucose-6-phosphate (noun)
  4. glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (noun)
  5. glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (noun)
  6. glucose phosphate (noun)
  7. glucose tolerance test (noun)
  8. impaired glucose tolerance (noun)
  9. uridine diphosphate glucose (noun)

glu·cose

noun \ˈglü-ˌkōs, -ˌkōz\

Definition of GLUCOSE

: an optically active sugar C6H12O6 that has an aldehydic carbonyl group; especially : the sweet colorless soluble dextrorotatory form that occurs widely in nature and is the usual form in which carbohydrate is assimilated by animals

Illustration of GLUCOSE

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