KETOHEXOSE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ketohexose" is a kind of...):

hexose (a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule)

ketose (any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ketohexose"):

fructose; fruit sugar; laevulose; levulose (a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits)