BLOOD GLUCOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blood glucose mean? 

• BLOOD GLUCOSE (noun)
  The noun BLOOD GLUCOSE has 1 sense:

1. glucose in the bloodstream

  Familiarity information: BLOOD GLUCOSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOOD GLUCOSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Glucose in the bloodstream

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

blood glucose; blood sugar

Hypernyms ("blood glucose" is a kind of...):

glucose (a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy)

 Context examples 

Solutions containing dextrose restore blood glucose levels, provide calories, may aid in minimizing liver glycogen depletion and exerts a protein-sparing action.

(Dextrose Monohydrate, NCI Thesaurus)

These actions results in a decrease in blood glucose levels.

(Davalintide Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

Diabetes is a disease in which your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high.

(Diabetes, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

If you have diabetes, your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high.

(Diabetes Complications, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Along with meal planning and physical activity, diabetes pills help people with type 2 diabetes or gestational diabetes keep their blood glucose levels on target.

(Diabetes Medicines, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

These actions result in a decrease in blood glucose levels.

(Davalintide, NCI Thesaurus)

Non-insulin-dependent overt diabetes: blood glucose 384+/- 134 mg/dl (plasma insulin at 60 min following intragastric glucose load 83.3 +/-10.2mU/mL) and hypertension blood pressure 176 +/-8mmHg.

(CRDH, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

Diabetes is a disease in which your blood glucose, or sugar, levels are too high.

(Blood Sugar, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

The children in the probiotics group also had better metabolic health, measured by level of inflammatory proteins and blood glucose levels.

(Supplements of 'Good Bacteria' Can Enhance Weight Loss in Dieters, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Treatment may include medicines to lower blood pressure, control blood glucose, and lower blood cholesterol.

(Chronic Kidney Disease, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)