ζάχαρο — meaning in English

English meaning

• diabetes noun A metabolic disease in which the body can't produce or properly use insulin, resulting in high blood sugar.
• sugar noun A sweet crystalline substance, usually made from sugar cane or sugar beet, used to sweeten food and drink.

Senses

ζάχαρο is used for these senses in English:

• diabetes (disease) Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin. [from 19th c.]
• sugar (uncountable) Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.
• sugar (countable, chemistry) Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.

sugar — full definition

1. noun A sweet crystalline substance, usually made from sugar cane or sugar beet, used to sweeten food and drink.
2. noun Any of a group of water-soluble carbohydrates, such as glucose, that provide energy to living things.
3. verb To add sugar to something in order to sweeten it.

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