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ketoses

ketoses is the plural of ketose.

Meaning of ketose

Noun

ketose (plural ketoses)

  1. A saccharide containing a ketone functional group.
    • The saccharides include such substances as dextrose and levulose, which are typical examples of the two classes into which these bodies are divisible, viz. the Aldoses and Ketoses.1895, Richard Lloyd Whiteley, chapter XXXV, in Organic Chemistry: The Fatty Compounds, London; New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 263

Questions about ketoses

What is ketoses the plural of?
Ketoses is the plural of ketose.

Words near ketoses in the dictionary

  1. ketorolac
  2. ketos
  3. ketosamine
  4. ketosamines
  5. ketose
  6. ketoses
  7. ketoside
  8. ketosides
  9. ketosidic
  10. ketosis
  11. ketosphinganine

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