-ose

a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, meaning “full of,” “abounding in,” “given to,” “like”: frondose; globose; jocose; otiose; verbose.

Nearby words

-orama, -orexia, -orial, -oriented, -ory, -ose, -osis, -osity, -ota, -ote, -otic

Origin of -ose

< Latin -ōsus. Cf. -ous

Definition for -ose (2 of 2)

-ose

a suffix used in chemical terminology to form the names of sugars and other carbohydrates (amylose; fructose; hexose; lactose), and of protein derivatives (proteose).

Origin of -ose

extracted from glucose

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British Dictionary definitions for -ose (1 of 2)

-ose

suffix forming adjectives

possessing; resemblingverbose; grandiose

Word Origin for -ose

from Latin -ōsus; see -ous

British Dictionary definitions for -ose (2 of 2)

-ose

suffix forming nouns

indicating a carbohydrate, esp a sugarlactose

indicating a decomposition product of proteinalbumose

Word Origin for -ose

from glucose

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Word Origin and History for -ose (1 of 2)

-ose

standard ending in chemical names of sugars, originally simply a noun-forming suffix, taken up by French chemists mid-19c.; it has no etymological connection with sugar. It appears around the same time in two chemical names, cellulose, which would owe it to the French suffix, and glucose, where it would be a natural result from the Greek original. Flood favors origin from glucose.

Word Origin and History for -ose (1 of 2)

-ose

word-forming element used to make adjectives from nouns, with the meaning "full of, abounding in, having qualities of," from Latin -osus (cf. -ous).

Science definitions for -ose

-ose

A suffix used to form the chemical names of carbohydrates, such as glucose.