"threose" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈθɹiːəʊz/ Forms: threoses [plural]
Etymology: thre- + -ose, formed by changing the letters from the much earlier discovered isomer erythrose. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|thre|ose}} thre- + -ose Head templates: {{en-noun}} threose (plural threoses)
  1. (biochemistry) The aldotetrose (2S,3R)-2,3,4-trihydroxybutanal Wikipedia link: threose Categories (topical): Carbohydrates Derived forms: threose nucleic acid Translations (aldotetrose): treosa [feminine] (Catalan), treosa [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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