| NOUN | substance | ketose | any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal |
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| Meaning | Any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal. | |
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| Narrower | ketohexose | A monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group |
| Broader | monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar | A sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars |
| Spanish | cetosa | |
| Catalan | cetosa | |
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