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heptose

heptose noun: a sugar or saccharide containing seven carbon atoms.

Noun

heptose (plural heptoses)

  1. A sugar or saccharide containing seven carbon atoms.

Forms of heptose

pluralheptoses
alternative formheptaose

Origin of heptose

From hepta- + -ose.

Words formed from heptose

Questions about heptose

What does heptose mean?
Heptose means a sugar or saccharide containing seven carbon atoms.
What part of speech is heptose?
Heptose is a noun.
What is the plural of heptose?
The plural of heptose is heptoses.

Words near heptose in the dictionary

  1. Heptonstalls
  2. heptopyranose
  3. heptopyranoses
  4. heptopyranoside
  5. heptopyranosides
  6. heptose
  7. heptoses
  8. heptosyl
  9. heptosylation
  10. heptosyltransferase
  11. heptosyltransferases

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