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glycose

glycose noun: any monosaccharide.

Noun

glycose (countable and uncountable, plural glycoses)

  1. Any monosaccharide.

Forms of glycose

pluralglycoses

Origin of glycose

From Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s, “sweet”) + English -ose.

Words formed from glycose

Questions about glycose

What does glycose mean?
Glycose means any monosaccharide.
What part of speech is glycose?
Glycose is a noun.
What is the plural of glycose?
The plural of glycose is glycoses.

Words near glycose in the dictionary

  1. glycosans
  2. glycoscience
  3. glycosciences
  4. glycoscientist
  5. glycoscientists
  6. glycose
  7. glycosecretory
  8. glycosemia
  9. glycoses
  10. glycosic
  11. glycosid

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