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fructolysis

fructolysis noun: the metabolism of fructose from dietary sources.

Noun

fructolysis (uncountable)

  1. The metabolism of fructose from dietary sources.

Origin of fructolysis

From fructo- + -lysis.

Questions about fructolysis

What does fructolysis mean?
Fructolysis means the metabolism of fructose from dietary sources.
What part of speech is fructolysis?
Fructolysis is a noun.

Words near fructolysis in the dictionary

  1. fructohydrolase
  2. fructokinase
  3. fructokinases
  4. fructoligosaccharide
  5. fructoligosaccharides
  6. fructolysis
  7. fructooligosaccharide
  8. fructooligosaccharides
  9. fructophile
  10. fructophiles
  11. fructophilic

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