gluc/o
sugar, glucose
From Greek gleukos, sweet wine (akin to glykys, sweet), via French glucose
Meaning
What does gluc/o mean?
gluc/o is a root meaning sugar, glucose. It comes from Greek gleukos, sweet wine (akin to glykys, sweet), via French glucose.
Inside words it is spelled gluc.
Means the same as glyc/o; gluc/o turns up mostly in biochemistry words such as gluconeogenesis.
In real words
Medical words with gluc/o
the making of new glucose in the body from non-carbohydrate sources such as amino acids, mainly in the liver · In the dictionary
a device that measures the level of glucose in the blood
able to be converted into glucose in the body, as glucogenic amino acids are
In the dictionary
More terms built with it
Terms in our life science dictionary that list gluc/o among their word parts.
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Glands, sugar and salts
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