hexose
English
Etymology
hex- (“six”) + -ose (“sugar”)
Noun
hexose (plural hexoses)
- (biochemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms.
- Glucose is a common hexose
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Translations
a sugar containing six carbon atoms
Portuguese
Noun
hexose f (plural hexoses)
- (biochemistry) hexose (a sugar containing six carbon atoms)
Categories:
- English terms prefixed with hex-
- English terms suffixed with -ose
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Carbohydrates
- Min Nan terms with non-redundant manual script codes
- Min Nan terms with redundant script codes
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Carbohydrates