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tetrose

tetrose noun: a sugar or saccharide containing four carbon atoms.

Noun

tetrose (plural tetroses)

  1. A sugar or saccharide containing four carbon atoms.

Forms of tetrose

pluraltetroses

Origin of tetrose

From tetr- (“four”) + -ose (“sugar”).

Questions about tetrose

What does tetrose mean?
Tetrose means a sugar or saccharide containing four carbon atoms.
What part of speech is tetrose?
Tetrose is a noun.
What is the plural of tetrose?
The plural of tetrose is tetroses.

Words near tetrose in the dictionary

  1. tetronomycin
  2. tetroon
  3. tetroons
  4. tetroquinone
  5. Tetros
  6. tetrose
  7. tetroses
  8. tetroxid
  9. tetroxide
  10. tetroxides
  11. tetroxids

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