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deoxyketohexose

deoxyketohexose noun: any deoxysugar derived from a ketohexose.

Noun

deoxyketohexose (plural deoxyketohexoses)

  1. Any deoxysugar derived from a ketohexose

Forms of deoxyketohexose

pluraldeoxyketohexoses

Origin of deoxyketohexose

From deoxy + ketohexose.

Questions about deoxyketohexose

What does deoxyketohexose mean?
Deoxyketohexose means any deoxysugar derived from a ketohexose.
What part of speech is deoxyketohexose?
Deoxyketohexose is a noun.
What is the plural of deoxyketohexose?
The plural of deoxyketohexose is deoxyketohexoses.

Words near deoxyketohexose in the dictionary

  1. deoxyhypusinated
  2. deoxyhypusination
  3. deoxyhypusine
  4. deoxyinosine
  5. deoxyinosines
  6. deoxyketohexose
  7. deoxyketohexoses
  8. deoxylapachol
  9. deoxylate
  10. deoxymannose
  11. deoxymyoglobin

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