aldose

[al-dohs]

noun

Chemistry.

1. a sugar containing the aldehyde group or its hemiacetal equivalent.

aldose

/ ˈældəʊs, -dəʊz /

noun

1. a sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is a hemiacetal

aldose

1. Any of a class of simple sugars (monosaccharides) containing an aldehyde group (CHO). Galactose, glucose, and ribose are all aldoses.

2. Compare ketose

Word History and Origins

Origin of aldose¹

First recorded in 1890–95; ald(ehyde) + -ose ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of aldose¹

C20: from _ald ( _ehyde ) + _-ose ²

Example Sentences

Chemistry.—In its chemical properties glucose is a typical oxyaldehyde or aldose.

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