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 →

2) Plants make glucose from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. tree →

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 →

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 →
• Plants make glucose in their leaves. tree →
• My friend has diabetes and checks his glucose level. tree →
• The runner ate glucose tablets during the race. tree →
• Glucose travels round the body in your blood. tree →
• Bread and pasta are broken down into glucose. tree →
• Too much sugar can raise your blood glucose. tree →
• We tested the drink for glucose in science. tree →

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.
• A hypo is treated with fast sugar such as glucose tablets or juice, then the level is checked again in 15 minutes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «glucose» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.