glucosicadj.
/ɡluːˈkəʊzɪk/, /ɡluːˈkəʊsɪk/, U.S. /ˌɡluˈkoʊsɪk/, /ˌɡluˈkoʊzɪk/ Biochemistry. Now rare.
Containing or involving glucose; of or relating to glucose.
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1843 Chemist 4 239/1 Chapter V. is devoted to the very important subject of fermentations; namely, alcoholic, saccharine or glucosic, lactic, viscous, and acid fermentations.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. iii. i. 766 A nitrogenous body playing the part of a glucosic ferment.
1931 Mycologia 23 142 In glucosic broth agar (pH = 6.2). Culture entirely similar to that on agar of Sabouraud.
2014 A. C. Dimian et al. Integrated Design & Simulation Chem. Processes (ed. 2) i. 21 These resources can be further classified into glucosic biomass (sugar-beet, sugarcane, potato starch, etc.), lignocellulosic crops, starch crops, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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