aldose

American

[al-dohs] / ˈæl doʊs /

noun

Chemistry.

a sugar containing the aldehyde group or its hemiacetal equivalent.

aldose British

/ ˈældəʊs, -dəʊz /

noun

a sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is a hemiacetal

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aldose Scientific

/ ăl′dōs′,-dōz′ /

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

Etymology

Origin of aldose

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

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

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