TRIOSE

triose

(noun) any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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, œstri

Source: Wiktionary

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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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