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ALDOHEXOSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("aldohexose" is a kind of...):
hexose (a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule)
aldose (a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aldohexose"):
glucose (a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy)
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