"fructose" meaning in English

See fructose in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɹʌk.təʊz/ [UK], /ˈfɹʊk.təʊz/ [UK], /ˈfɹʌk.toʊs/ [US], /ˈfɹʊk.toʊs/ [US], /ˈfɹuk.toʊs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fructose.wav Forms: fructoses [plural]
Etymology: From Latin fructus (“fruit”) + -ose (“sugar”) (derivation of sucrose). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰruHg-}}, {{uder|en|la|fructus||fruit}} Latin fructus (“fruit”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fructose (countable and uncountable, plural fructoses)
  1. (biochemistry) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C₆H₁₂O₆. Wikipedia link: fructose Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Carbohydrates Synonyms: acrose, fruit sugar Hypernyms: ketohexose, hexose, monosaccharide Hyponyms: lævulose, laevulose, levulose, D-fructose, L-fructose, levoglucose Holonyms: fructan Related terms: fructan Translations (monosaccharide ketose sugar): фруктоза (fruktoza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), плодова захар (plodova zahar) [feminine] (Bulgarian), fructosa [feminine] (Catalan), 果糖 (kó-thn̂g) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 果糖 (gwo² tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 果糖 (guǒtáng) (Chinese Mandarin), fruktóza [feminine] (Czech), fruktose [common-gender] (Danish), fructose [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), vruchtensuiker [masculine] (Dutch), fruktozo (Esperanto), fruktoosi (Finnish), hedelmäsokeri (Finnish), fructose [masculine] (French), frutosa [feminine] (Galician), Fruchtzucker [masculine] (German), Fructose [feminine] (German), Fruktose [feminine] (German), φρουκτόζη (frouktózi) [feminine] (Greek), huakō (Hawaiian), फलधु (phaldhu) (Hindi), fruktóz (Hungarian), gyümölcscukor (Hungarian), frúktósi [masculine] (Icelandic), fruktosa (Indonesian), fruttosio [masculine] (Italian), フルクトース (furukutōsu) (Japanese), 果糖 (katō) (alt: かとう) (Japanese), 과당 (gwadang) (alt: 果糖) (Korean), fruktozė [feminine] (Lithuanian), hukahua (Maori), huka huarākau (Maori), फलधु (phaldhu) (Marathi), фруктоз (fruktoz) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), жимсний чихэр (žimsnii čixer) [China, Cyrillic] (Mongolian), फलधु (phaladhu) (Nepali), fruktose (Norwegian), fruktsukker (Norwegian), فروکتوز (fruktôz) (Persian), fruktoza [feminine] (Polish), frutose [feminine] (Portuguese), fructoză [feminine] (Romanian), фрукто́за (fruktóza) [feminine] (Russian), фруктоза [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), fruktoza [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), fruktóza (Slovak), fruktoza [feminine] (Slovene), sadni sladkor [masculine] (Slovene), fructosa [feminine] (Spanish), fruktos (Swedish), fruktsocker (Swedish), ฟรักโทส (Thai), ฟรุกโทส (Thai), fruktoz (Turkish), meyve şekeri (Turkish), ffrwctos [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fructose-en-noun-a993toEl Categories (other): Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes, Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Marathi terms with redundant script codes, Nepali terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Serbo-Croatian terms with redundant script codes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hawaiian translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hokkien translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Nepali translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Derived forms: D-fructose, fructosamine, fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, fructose 6-phosphate, fructosediphosphate, fructosemia, fructose syrup, fructoside, fructosuria, fructosyl, glucose-fructose, glucose-fructose syrup, glutose, high fructose corn syrup, high-fructose corn syrup, high-fructose maize syrup, hyperfructosemia, L-fructose, nonfructose, oligofructose, xylosylfructose

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      "sense": "monosaccharide ketose sugar",
      "word": "ฟรุกโทส"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "monosaccharide ketose sugar",
      "word": "fruktoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "monosaccharide ketose sugar",
      "word": "meyve şekeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "monosaccharide ketose sugar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ffrwctos"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fructose"
}

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