hexose

English

Etymology

hex- (“six”) +‎ -ose (“sugar”)

Noun

hexose (plural hexoses)

(biochemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms.
Glucose is a common hexose

Hypernyms

monosaccharide

Hyponyms

ketohexose

aldohexose

Derived terms

Terms derived from hexose

Translations

a sugar containing six carbon atoms

Chinese:
Cantonese: 己醣, 己糖 (gei² tong⁴)

Mandarin: 己醣 (zh), 己糖 (zh) (jǐtáng)

Min Nan: 己醣, 己糖 (kí-thn̂g)
Esperanto: heksozo
Finnish: heksoosi

French: hexose (fr) m
Italian: esoso (it) m
Portuguese: hexose f
Spanish: hexosa f
Swedish: hexos (sv)

Portuguese

Noun

hexose f (plural hexoses)

(biochemistry) hexose (a sugar containing six carbon atoms)

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