A compound of glucose with an alcohol or other R–OH compound involving loss of the H atom of the 1-OH (hemiacetal) group of the glucose, yielding a –C–O–R link from the C-1 of the glucose; a glycoside of glucose.
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glu·co·sid·ic .glü-kə-'sid-ik adj
glu·co·sid·i·cal·ly -i-k(ə-)lē adv
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n.
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glu·co·side (glooґko-sīd) a glycoside in which the sugar constituent is glucose; originally the term glucoside was given to any of a variety of natural plant products containing a sugar, but it is now generally restricted to those in which the sugar is glucose. See glycoside.Medical dictionary. 2011.