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octose

octose noun: a sugar or saccharide containing eight carbon atoms.

Noun

octose (plural octoses)

  1. A sugar or saccharide containing eight carbon atoms.

Forms of octose

pluraloctoses

Origin of octose

From oct- + -ose.

Questions about octose

What does octose mean?
Octose means a sugar or saccharide containing eight carbon atoms.
What part of speech is octose?
Octose is a noun.
What is the plural of octose?
The plural of octose is octoses.

Words near octose in the dictionary

  1. Octoraro
  2. octoroon
  3. octoroons
  4. octos
  5. octosaccharide
  6. octose
  7. octoses
  8. octospermous
  9. octospore
  10. octospores
  11. octosporoblastic

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