hexose

From hex- + -ose.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛk.səʊs/, /-səʊz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛkˌsoʊs/
• Rhymes: -ɛksəʊs, -ɛksəʊz
• Hyphenation: hex‧ose

hexose (plural hexoses)

1. (biochemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms.

   Hypernym: monosaccharide

   Hyponyms: aldohexose, ketohexose, fucose, fuculose, rhamnose

• → Japanese: ヘキソース (hekisōsu)

• “hexose”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “hexose”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “hexose”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “hexose”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “hexose”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “hexose, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zoz/

hexose f (plural hexoses)

1. (biochemistry) hexose (sugar containing six carbon atoms)

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

• Hyphenation: he‧xo‧se

hexose f (plural hexoses)

1. (biochemistry) hexose (sugar containing six carbon atoms)

• “hexose”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “hexose”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “hexose”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “hexose”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026