Ketohexose

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A ketone-aleohol containing 6 atoms of carbon, a member of one class of the glucoses. Fruit-sugar or levulose is the most familiar example of such a substance.
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  • noun. Any hexose containing an ketone group
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  • noun. a monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group
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    Hypernym
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    hexose  ketose  
    Hyponym
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