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GLYCERIC ALDEHYDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glyceric aldehyde mean? 

GLYCERIC ALDEHYDE (noun)
  The noun GLYCERIC ALDEHYDE has 1 sense:

1. a sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugarsplay

  Familiarity information: GLYCERIC ALDEHYDE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GLYCERIC ALDEHYDE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

glyceraldehyde; glyceric aldehyde

Hypernyms ("glyceric aldehyde" is a kind of...):

aldehyde (any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids)


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