— glucosic , adj.
/glooh"kohs/ , n. Biochem.
1. a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form ( dextroglucose , or d-glucose ) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose , or l -glucose) not naturally occurring.
2. Also called starch syrup . a syrup containing dextrose, maltose, and dextrine, obtained by the incomplete hydrolysis of starch.
[ 1830-40; glyk ( ýs ) sweet + F -ose -OSE 2 ]