NOUN | substance | ketohexose | a monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group |
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Meaning | A monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group. | |
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Narrower | fructose, fruit sugar, levulose, laevulose | A simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits |
Broader | hexose | A monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule |
ketose | Any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal | |
Spanish | cetohexosa | |
Catalan | cetohexosa |
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