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furanose

furanose noun: any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton).

Noun

furanose (plural furanoses)

  1. any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton)

Forms of furanose

pluralfuranoses

Origin of furanose

From furan + -ose.

Words formed from furanose

Questions about furanose

What does furanose mean?
Furanose means any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton).
What part of speech is furanose?
Furanose is a noun.
What is the plural of furanose?
The plural of furanose is furanoses.

Words near furanose in the dictionary

  1. furanones
  2. furanophostin
  3. furanopyrimidine
  4. furanopyrimidines
  5. furanopyrrolidine
  6. furanose
  7. furanoses
  8. furanosic
  9. furanosidase
  10. furanosidases
  11. furanoside

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