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allose

/ˈæləʊz/

allose noun: an epimer of glucose found in some African shrubs.

Noun

allose (uncountable)

  1. An epimer of glucose found in some African shrubs

Origin of allose

From all + -ose. Chemist Emil Fischer is credited with the following mnemonic for the order of the configurations of the 8 aldohexoses (See Coordinate terms below.) about the chiral centers when ordered as 3-bit binary strings: All altruists gladly make gum in gallon tanks.

Questions about allose

What does allose mean?
Allose means an epimer of glucose found in some African shrubs.
What part of speech is allose?
Allose is a noun.
How do you pronounce allose?
Allose is pronounced /ˈæləʊz/.

Words near allose in the dictionary

  1. allosaurs
  2. allosaurus
  3. allosauruses
  4. alloscuta
  5. alloscutum
  6. allose
  7. allosecurinine
  8. allosemitic
  9. allosemitism
  10. allosensitisation
  11. allosensitisations

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