tetrose

See also: tétrose

English

Etymology

From tetr- (“four”) +‎ -ose (“sugar”).

Noun

tetrose (plural tetroses)

1. (biochemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing four carbon atoms.

Hypernyms

• monosaccharide

Hyponyms

• ketotetrose

• erythrulose

• aldotetrose

• erythrose
• threose

Translations

sugar containing four carbon atoms

• Catalan: tetrosa f
• Esperanto: tetrozo
• Finnish: tetroosi
• French: tétrose (fr) m
• Japanese: テトロース (tetorōsu)
• Romanian: tetroză f
• Spanish: tetrosa f

Anagrams

• rosette