fucose

English

Etymology

From Latin fucus (“seaweed, kelp”) + -ose.

Noun

fucose (plural fucoses)

  1. (biochemistry) The aldohexose (3S,4R,5R,6S)-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol present in several glycans and mucopolysaccharides

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Latin

Adjective

fūcōse

  1. vocative masculine singular of fūcōsus
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