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Meaning of aldose in English:

aldose

noun

Chemistry

  • Any sugar whose molecule (in its open-chain form) contains an aldehyde group.

Pronunciation

aldose

/alˈdəʊz/ /alˈdəʊs/

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the American Chemical Society. From ald- + -ose.