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blood sugar

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noun
  1. glucose in the blood.
  2. the quantity or percentage of glucose in the blood.
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Origin of blood sugar

First recorded in 1925–30
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British Dictionary definitions for blood sugar

blood sugar

noun
  1. med the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/l
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blood sugar in Medicine

blood sugar

n.
  1. glucose
  2. The concentration of glucose in the blood, measured in milligrams of glucose per 100 milliliters of blood.
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blood sugar in Science

blood sugar

  1. Sugar in the form of glucose in the blood. The concentration of blood sugar is measured in milligrams of glucose per 100 milliliters of blood.
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