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Hexose

//ˈhɛk.səʊs// noun

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

Etymology

From hex- + -ose.

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