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• -ose
  -ose

  a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, meaning “full of,” “abounding in,” “given to,” “like”.
• –ose
  –ose

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

-ose

¹ American  

1. a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, meaning “full of,” “abounding in,” “given to,” “like”.

   frondose; globose; jocose; otiose; verbose.

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-ose ² American  

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

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-ose ¹ British  

suffix

1. indicating a carbohydrate, esp a sugar

   lactose

2. indicating a decomposition product of protein

   albumose

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-ose ² British  

suffix

1. possessing; resembling

   verbose

   grandiose

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–ose Scientific  

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

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Etymology

Origin of -ose¹

< Latin -ōsus. Cf. -ous

Origin of -ose²

Extracted from glucose

Example Sentences

Taiwo Awoniyi, who left Liverpool in 2021 without making a competitive appearance, hit the winner from cl ose range after his initial attempt came back off a post.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2022

No gum has yet received ADA approval that contains added sugars, which are typically anything that ends with the letters ose, such as sucrose or glucose, Dr. Sahota says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2015

Known as "ose to ose" in the widely-used local Krio, health workers will also go house-to-house identifying cases and raising awareness.

From The Guardian • Sep. 17, 2014

Axford saved 42 straight to cl ose the season and converted 70 of 75 regular-season opportunities after taking over the role from Trevor Hoffman last May.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2011

I watch him so cl ose, I begin to feel a lightening in the head.

From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker