Tetrose

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A monosaccharide containing no more than four carbon atoms in its primary chain.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A sugar or saccharide containing four carbon atoms.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A monosaccharide derived from a certain alcohol.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In organic chemistry, the class-name applied to those sugars which contain four atoms of carbon in the molecule.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    monosaccharide    monosaccharose    simple sugar   
    Hyponym
    ketotetrose    aldotetrose   
     
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