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fructose

[ fruhk-tohs, frook-, frook- ]
/ ˈfrʌk toʊs, ˈfrʊk-, ˈfruk- /
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noun

Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C6H12O6, sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.

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Also called levulose, fruit sugar.

Origin of fructose

First recorded in 1860–65; fruct- + -ose2

Words nearby fructose

fructify, fructo-, fructofuranose, fructokinase, fructosan, fructose, fructosemia, fructoside, fructosuria, fructuous, frug
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Words related to fructose

sugar, starch, lactose, glucose, cellulose, carbohydrate, galactose, glycogen, monosaccharide, disaccharide, sucrose, maltose, dextrose, dextrin, polysaccharide, candy, levulose, saccharin, xylose, caramel

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British Dictionary definitions for fructose

fructose
/ (ˈfrʌktəʊs, -təʊz, ˈfrʊk-) /

noun

a white crystalline water-soluble sugar occurring in honey and many fruits. Formula: C 6 H 12 O 6Also called: laevulose, fruit sugar

Word Origin for fructose

C19: from Latin frūctus fruit + -ose ²
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Medical definitions for fructose

fructose
[ frŭk′tōs′, fruk′- ]

n.

A very sweet sugar occurring in many fruits and honey and used as a preservative for foodstuffs and as an intravenous nutrient.fruit sugar levulose
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Scientific definitions for fructose

fructose
[ frŭk′tōs′ ]

A simple sugar (monosaccharide) found in honey, many fruits, and some vegetables. Fructose linked to glucose is the structure of table sugar, or sucrose. Fructose is an important source of energy for cellular processes. Chemical formula: C6H12O6.
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