Fucose

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The aldohexose (3S,4R,5R,6S)-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol present in several glycans and mucopolysaccharides

Etymology

From Latin fucus (“seaweed, kelp”) + -ose.

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