noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms.
2. 2
   a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

aldohexoseglucosicglucosylatedglycolytichexose metabolichexose-based

Antonyms

All antonyms

nonhexosenonhexose metabolicnonhexose sugarnonhexose-containing

Etymology

From hex- + -ose.