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triose

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

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  • /ˈtɹaɪoʊs/
  • /-oʊz/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A sugar or saccharide containing three carbon atoms. Trioses are the smallest monosaccharides. Dihydroxyacetone and L-/D-glyceraldehyde are the only trioses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar

History

Etymology

From tri- + -ose.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: triosa — sugar containing three carbon atoms
  • Chinese Mandarin: 丙糖 (bǐng táng) — sugar containing three carbon atoms
  • Esperanto: triozo — sugar containing three carbon atoms
  • French: triose — sugar containing three carbon atoms
  • Italian: trioso — sugar containing three carbon atoms
  • Japanese: トリオース (toriōsu) — sugar containing three carbon atoms
  • Spanish: triosa — sugar containing three carbon atoms