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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