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Aldose

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a class of monosaccharides having an aldehyde or hemiacetal 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."

  2. 2
    a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal wordnet

Etymology

ald(ehyde) + -ose

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