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glycemic index

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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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History

Etymology

Introduced 1981 by David J. Jenkins et al.

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Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 血糖生成指數 /血糖生成指数 (xuètáng shēngchéng zhǐshù) — measure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 升糖指數 /升糖指数 (shēngtáng zhǐshù) — measure
  • Finnish: glykeeminen indeksi — measure
  • Finnish: glykemiaindeksi — measure
  • Finnish: sokeristumisindeksi — measure
  • German: glykämischer Index — measure
  • Hungarian: glikémiás index — measure
  • Polish: indeks glikemiczny — measure
  • Polish: wskaźnik glikemiczny — measure
  • Turkish: glisemik indeks — measure