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ketohexose

[ kee-toh-hek-sohs ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. any of a class of sugars composed of six carbon atoms and a ketone group, as fructose.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ketohexose1

First recorded in 1895–1900; keto- + hexose

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