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inactose

inactose noun: an optically inactive variety of sugar, found in certain plants.

Noun

inactose (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) An optically inactive variety of sugar, found in certain plants.

Origin of inactose

From inactive + -ose.

Questions about inactose

What does inactose mean?
Inactose means an optically inactive variety of sugar, found in certain plants.
What part of speech is inactose?
Inactose is a noun.

Words near inactose in the dictionary

  1. inactivism
  2. inactivist
  3. inactivists
  4. inactivities
  5. inactivity
  6. inactose
  7. inactuate
  8. inactuated
  9. inactuates
  10. inactuating
  11. inactuation

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