clinical measurement blood glucose level Measurement of the amount of glucose, the monosaccharide sugar, C6H12O6, occurring widely in plant and animal tissues which is one of the three dietary monosaccharides that are absorbed directly into the bloodstream during digestion, is the end product of carbohydrate metabolism, and is the chief source of energy for living organisms, in a specified volume of blood, the fluid that circulates through the heart, arteries, capillaries and veins carrying nutrients and oxygen to the body tissues and metabolites away from them. glucose measurement EFO:0004468 CMO:0000046 clinical_measurement_ontology mshimoyama fasting blood glucose measurement VT:0000188 2009-12-17T10:41:54Z