"hexose" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hexoses [plural]
Etymology: From hex- (“six”) + -ose (“sugar”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|hex-|-ose|t1=six|t2=sugar}} hex- (“six”) + -ose (“sugar”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hexose (plural hexoses)
  1. (biochemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms. Wikipedia link: hexose Categories (topical): Carbohydrates Hypernyms: monosaccharide Derived forms: aldohexose, chitohexose, deoxyhexose, hexosamine, hexoside, hexosyl, ketohexose, phosphohexose, trihexose Translations (a sugar containing six carbon atoms): hexosa [feminine] (Catalan), 己醣 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 己糖 (kí-thn̂g) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 己醣 (Chinese Cantonese), 己糖 (gei² tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 己醣 (Chinese Mandarin), 己糖 (jǐtáng) (Chinese Mandarin), heksozo (Esperanto), heksoosi (Finnish), hexose [masculine] (French), esoso [masculine] (Italian), ヘキソース (hekisōsu) (Japanese), hexose [feminine] (Portuguese), hexosa [feminine] (Spanish), hexos (Swedish)

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Alternative forms

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