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oses

oses noun: the various sugars ending in -ose, such as sucrose, lactose, glucose, and fructose. Also the plural of osar.

Noun (1)

oses pl (plural only)

  1. (colloquial, plural, plural-only) The various sugars ending in -ose, such as sucrose, lactose, glucose, and fructose.

Noun (2) capitalized: OSes

OSes

  1. (plural) plural of OS

Also used as

oses is also the plural of osar.

Questions about oses

What does oses mean?
Oses means the various sugars ending in -ose, such as sucrose, lactose, glucose, and fructose.
What part of speech is oses?
Oses is a noun.

Words near oses in the dictionary

  1. Osegueras
  2. oseltamivir
  3. oseogenesis
  4. oseophageal
  5. oserskite
  6. oses
  7. Osete
  8. Osetes
  9. OSETI
  10. Osetian
  11. Osetians

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