Glū'cōse, n.

n. [From Gr. γλυκύς, sweet.] (Chem.) A sugar less soluble and less sweet than cane-sugar, occurring in the juice of many fruits, but best obtained from dried grapes, honey, and starch. It also occurs in the urine of those affected with one variety of diabetes; — called also grape-sugar, starch-sugar, and diabetic sugar. Gregory.