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ketohexose

American  
[kee-toh-hek-sohs] / ˌki toʊˈhɛk soʊs /

noun

Chemistry.

  1. any of a class of sugars composed of six carbon atoms and a ketone group, as fructose.

Etymology

Origin of ketohexose

First recorded in 1895–1900; keto- + hexose

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