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BLOOD GLUCOSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Glucose in the bloodstream
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blood glucose" is a kind of...):
glucose (a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy)
Context examples:
It is involved with maintaining cardiovascular function, blood glucose balance, regulating the inflammatory response and metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates, and fat.
(Cortisone, NCI Thesaurus)
In patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, colesevelam also lowers blood glucose levels by an unknown mechanism.
(Colesevelam, NCI Thesaurus)
Over time, high blood glucose can lead to serious problems with your heart, eyes, kidneys, nerves, and gums and teeth.
(Diabetes Type 1, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Many people can manage their diabetes through healthy eating, physical activity, and blood glucose testing.
(Diabetes Type 2, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
A metabolic disorder characterized by abnormal blood glucose levels.
(Glucose Metabolism Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
This interaction plays a role in the initiation of a Gs protein-dependent signaling cascade, which modulates both blood glucose levels and gluconeogenesis.
(Glucagon Receptor Binding, NCI Thesaurus)
They range from small and simple, like a blood glucose meter, to large and complicated, like a ventilator.
(Medical Device Safety, Food and Drug Administration)
This allele, which encodes glucocorticoid receptor protein, is involved in transcriptional regulation that affects a variety of processes such as blood glucose concentration, protein/fat metabolism, inflammatory responses, cellular proliferation, and differentiation.
(NR3C1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
By inhibiting fatty acid oxidation, palmoxiric acid increases carbohydrate oxidation attributed to the glucose-fatty acid cycle (Randle cycle) resulting in decreased blood glucose levels.
(Palmoxiric Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
By inhibiting fatty acid oxidation, palmoxirate increases carbohydrate oxidation attributed to the glucose-fatty acid cycle (Randle cycle) resulting in decreased blood glucose levels.
(Palmoxirate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
