hexose

English

Etymology

From hex- (“six”) +‎ -ose (“sugar”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hexose (plural hexoses)

(biochemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms.
Glucose is a common hexose

Hypernyms

monosaccharide

Hyponyms

ketohexose

aldohexose

Derived terms

Translations

a sugar containing six carbon atoms

Catalan: hexosa f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 己醣 / 己糖 (gei² tong⁴)

Hokkien: 己醣 / 己糖 (kí-thn̂g)

Mandarin: 己醣 / 己糖 (zh) (jǐtáng)
Esperanto: heksozo
Finnish: heksoosi
French: hexose (fr) m
Italian: esoso (it) m
Japanese: ヘキソース (hekisōsu)
Portuguese: hexose f
Spanish: hexosa f
Swedish: hexos (sv)

French

Pronunciation

^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zoz/

Noun

hexose f (plural hexoses)

hexose

Further reading

“hexose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɛkˈsɔ.zi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɛkˈsɔ.ze/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɛˈksɔ.zɨ/

Noun

hexose f (plural hexoses)

(biochemistry) hexose (a sugar containing six carbon atoms)