noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A sugar or saccharide containing four carbon atoms.
2. 2
   any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule wordnet

Etymology

From tetr- (“four”) + -ose (“sugar”).

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