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tetrose

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A sugar or saccharide containing four carbon atoms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar

History

Etymology

From tetr- (“four”) + -ose (“sugar”).

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: tetrosa — sugar containing four carbon atoms
  • Esperanto: tetrozo — sugar containing four carbon atoms
  • Finnish: tetroosi — sugar containing four carbon atoms
  • French: tétrose — sugar containing four carbon atoms
  • Japanese: テトロース (tetorōsu) — sugar containing four carbon atoms
  • Romanian: tetroză — sugar containing four carbon atoms
  • Spanish: tetrosa — sugar containing four carbon atoms