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Definitions from WordNet

Noun glucose has 1 sense
  1. glucose - a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy
    --1 is a kind of     aldohexose
    --1 has particulars:
     corn sugar; dextrose, dextroglucose, grape sugar; blood sugar, blood glucose

Definitions from the Web

Glucose

Noun

  1. A simple sugar that serves as the main source of energy in the body, found in the blood circulation and constituting a major component of many carbohydrates.
  2. Chemically pure or nearly pure dextrose.

Sample sentences:

  1. The body breaks down the carbohydrates in food into glucose.
  2. Diabetics often monitor their blood sugar levels to manage their glucose levels.

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