TETROSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tetrose mean? 

• TETROSE (noun)
  The noun TETROSE has 1 sense:

1. any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TETROSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

monosaccharide; monosaccharose; simple sugar (a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates)