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TRIOSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does triose mean?
• TRIOSE (noun)
The noun TRIOSE has 1 sense:
1. any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule
Familiarity information: TRIOSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("triose" 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)
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