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TRIOSE
triose
(noun) any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
triose (plural trioses)
(carbohydrate) A sugar or saccharide containing three carbon atoms. Trioses are the smallest monosaccharides. Dihydroxyacetone and L-/D-glyceraldehyde are the only trioses.
Hypernyms
• monosaccharide
Hyponyms
• ketotriose
dihydroxyacetone
• aldotriose
glyceraldehyde
Anagrams
• Sortie, Storie, Tories, restio, sortie, storie, tiroes, tories, Ĺ“stri
Source: Wiktionary
Tri"ose, n. [Tri- + -ose.] (Chem.) (a) A sugar derived from a trihydric alcohol. (b) A trisaccharide.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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