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fructosan

[ fruhk-tuh-san, frook-, frook- ]

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. any of the class of hexosans, as inulin and the like, that yield fructose upon hydrolysis.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fructosan1

First recorded in 1925–30; fructose + -an

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