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Etymology edit

From gluco- +‎ sensing.

Noun edit

glucosensing (uncountable)

  1. (neurology) Detection of a glucose signal by a specialized neuron.
    • 2015 June 17, Roberto Elizondo-Vega et al., “The role of tanycytes in hypothalamic glucosensing”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine[1], volume 19, →DOI:
      Finally, in vivo studies are necessary to demonstrate that the tanycyte-neuron interaction is required for hypothalamic glucosensing.