fructose
See also: Fructose
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Etymology edit
From Latin fructus (“fruit”) + -ose (“sugar”) (derivation of sucrose).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɹʌk.təʊz/, /ˈfɹʊk.təʊz/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɹʌk.toʊs/, /ˈfɹʊk.toʊs/, /ˈfɹuk.toʊs/
Noun edit
fructose (countable and uncountable, plural fructoses)
- (biochemistry) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.
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Derived terms edit
- D-fructose
- fructosamine
- fructose 1,6-bisphosphate
- fructose 6-phosphate
- fructosediphosphate
- fructose syrup
- fructoside
- 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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Translations edit
monosaccharide ketose sugar
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: fruc‧to‧se
Noun edit
fructose f or m (uncountable)
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Noun edit
fructose m (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- “fructose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.