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colitose

colitose noun: the deoxy sugar (2S,4S,5S)-2,4,5-trihydroxyhexanal, found in some bacteria.

Noun

colitose (plural colitoses)

  1. The deoxy sugar (2S,4S,5S)-2,4,5-trihydroxyhexanal, found in some bacteria

Forms of colitose

pluralcolitoses

Questions about colitose

What does colitose mean?
Colitose means the deoxy sugar (2S,4S,5S)-2,4,5-trihydroxyhexanal, found in some bacteria.
What part of speech is colitose?
Colitose is a noun.
What is the plural of colitose?
The plural of colitose is colitoses.

Words near colitose in the dictionary

  1. colitis
  2. colitises
  3. colitogen
  4. colitogenic
  5. colitogens
  6. colitose
  7. colitoses
  8. coliving
  9. Colker
  10. Colkers
  11. Colkirk

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