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gluconeogenesis.

The metabolic process in which glucose is formed, mostly in the liver, from non-carbohydrate precursors

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The metabolic process in which glucose is formed, mostly in the liver, from non-carbohydrate precursors

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)der. New Latinder. English gluco- English neogenesis English gluconeogenesis From gluco- + neogenesis.

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