glucotoxic etymology

English word glucotoxic comes from English toxic, English gluco- (Glucose. Sweetness.)

Detailed word origin of glucotoxic

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
toxic English (eng) (figurative) Negative; harmful.. (medicine) Appearing grossly unwell; characterised by serious, potentially life-threatening compromise in the respiratory, circulatory or other body systems.. (toxicology) Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.
gluco- English (eng) Glucose. Sweetness.
glucotoxic English (eng) Toxic as a result of excessive glucose.

Words with the same origin as glucotoxic

Descendants of toxic
detoxify mytilotoxine retoxify toxidrome toxify
Descendants of gluco-
glucoamylase glucocentric glucocerebroside glucodigitoxigenin glucofuranose glucogenesis glucogenic glucohellebrin glucohydrolase glucoincretin glucokinase glucolipid glucometabolic glucometer gluconeogenesis glucopyranose glucoraphanin glucoregulation glucoregulatory glucosaccharide glucosensing glucotransferase phosphoglucoisomerase