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aldoses

aldoses is the plural of aldose.

Meaning of aldose

Noun

aldose (plural aldoses)

  1. Any of a class of monosaccharides having an aldehyde or hemiacetal functional group.
    • The saccharides include such substances as dextrose and levulose, which are typical examples of the two classes into which these bodies are divisible, viz. the Aldoses and Ketoses.1895, Richard Lloyd Whiteley, chapter XXXV, in Organic Chemistry: The Fatty Compounds, London; New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 263

Questions about aldoses

What is aldoses the plural of?
Aldoses is the plural of aldose.

Words near aldoses in the dictionary

  1. aldopyranose
  2. aldopyranoses
  3. aldosamine
  4. aldosamines
  5. aldose
  6. aldoses
  7. aldoside
  8. aldosides
  9. aldosidic
  10. aldosterol
  11. aldosteronaemia

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