mannose

English

Etymology

manna +‎ -ose

Noun

mannose (countable and uncountable, plural mannoses)

1. (organic chemistry) A monosaccharide aldohexose found in manna and other legumes.

Synonyms

• carubinose
• seminose

Derived terms

• galactomannan
• mannonic acid
• mannosan
• monomannose
• oligomannose
• paucimannose
• tetramannose
• trimannose

 

Translations

monosaccharide aldohexose

• Esperanto: manozo
• Finnish: mannoosi
• Hungarian: mannóz (hu)
• Italian: mannosio (it) m
• Spanish: manosa f

Anagrams

• no-names

French

Noun

mannose m (plural mannoses)

1. mannose

Further reading

• “mannose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.