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# glucose

«glucose» in Mova's school dictionary: **a kind of sugar that your body uses for energy; your…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (glucose, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Glucose is a kind of sugar that your body uses for energy; your blood carries it to all your cells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glucose/#m1)

2) Plants make glucose from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glucose/#m2)

3) Glucose is also sold as sweets, drinks or tablets, used by athletes and by people with diabetes when their blood sugar is low. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glucose/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

A science word in lessons about food, digestion, plants (photosynthesis) and health. People with diabetes check their «blood glucose». Phrases: «blood glucose», «glucose tablets», «glucose level».

### examples

- Your body turns food into glucose for energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glucose/#x1)
- Plants make glucose in their leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glucose/#x2)
- My friend has diabetes and checks his glucose level. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glucose/#x3)
- The runner ate glucose tablets during the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glucose/#x4)
- Glucose travels round the body in your blood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glucose/#x5)
- Bread and pasta are broken down into glucose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glucose/#x6)
- Too much sugar can raise your blood glucose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glucose/#x7)
- We tested the drink for glucose in science. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glucose/#x8)

### note

Uncountable. Say «GLOO-kose». Glucose is one type of sugar; table sugar (sucrose) is another. Not every sweet thing is glucose.

### In the corpora

- [A continuous glucose monitor has a tiny thread under the skin that measures sugar every few minutes and sends it to a phone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions/7/)
- [A hypo is treated with fast sugar such as glucose tablets or juice, then the level is checked again in 15 minutes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «glucose» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glucose/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.