• Biosynthesis of glucose from 3-carbon precursors, including aminoacids (this is the basis of protein breakdown during starvation).
  CRISP Thesaurus
  National Institutes of Health, 2006
• Biosynthesis of GLUCOSE from nonhexose or non-carbohydrate precursors, such as LACTATE; PYRUVATE; ALANINE; and GLYCEROL.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
• The formation of glucose from noncarbohydrate precursors, such as pyruvate, amino acids and glycerol.
  Gene Ontology Dictionary
  Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
• The process of making glucose (sugar) from its own breakdown products or from the breakdown products of lipids (fats) or proteins. Gluconeogenesis occurs mainly in cells of the liver or kidney.
  NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• (gluconeogenic process) The biosynthesis of new glucose as opposed to that generated by the metabolism of glycogen. Gluconeogenesis occurs mainly in the liver or kidneys, and involves the biosynthesis of glucose from 3-carbon or 4-carbon non-carbohydrate precursors such as amino acids or fats.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• Gluconeogenesis, formation in living cells of glucose and other carbohydrates from other classes of compounds. These compounds include lactate and pyruvate; the compounds of the tricarboxylic acid cycle, the terminal stage in the oxidation of foodstuffs; and several amino acids. Gluconeogenesis o...
  Encyclopedia Britannica
  Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020