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ALDOHEXOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aldohexose mean? 

ALDOHEXOSE (noun)
  The noun ALDOHEXOSE has 1 sense:

1. a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde groupplay

  Familiarity information: ALDOHEXOSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALDOHEXOSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("aldohexose" is a kind of...):

hexose (a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule)

aldose (a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aldohexose"):

glucose (a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy)


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