Definitions for ketoseˈki toʊs

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ke•toseˈki toʊs(n.)

  1. a monosaccharide that contains a ketone group.

    Category: Biochemistry

Origin of ketose:

1900–05; ket(one)+ -ose2

Princeton's WordNet

  1. ketose(noun)

    any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal

Wiktionary

  1. ketose(Noun)

    A saccharide containing a ketone functional group.


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