tetrose

See also: tétrose

English

Etymology

tetr- (“four”) +‎ -ose (“sugar”)

Noun

tetrose (plural tetroses)

1. (biochemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing four carbon atoms.

Hypernyms

• monosaccharide

Hyponyms

• ketotetrose

• erythrulose

• aldotetrose

• erythrose
• threose

Translations

sugar containing four carbon atoms

• Catalan: tetrosa f
• Esperanto: tetrozo
• Finnish: tetroosi
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• French: tétrose (fr) m
• Japanese: テトロース (tetorōsu)
• Romanian: tetroză f
• Spanish: tetrosa f

Anagrams

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