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glycemic index

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables
glycemic in-dex
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A measure of the rate at which blood sugar levels rise after eating a particular type of food, on a scale where the index of glucose or ordinary table sugar is 100.

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Etymology

Introduced 1981 by David J. Jenkins et al.

Inflected Forms

glycemic indexes (plural) glycemic indices (plural)

Synonyms

glycaemic index GI

Questions

What does glycemic index mean?
A measure of the rate at which blood sugar levels rise after eating a particular type of food, on a scale where the index of glucose or ordinary table sugar is 100.
Where does glycemic index come from?
Introduced 1981 by David J. Jenkins et al.

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