mannose

English

Etymology

From manna +‎ -ose.

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Noun

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mannose

Wikipedia

mannose (countable and uncountable, plural mannoses)

1. (organic chemistry) A monosaccharide aldohexose found in manna and other legumes.

Synonyms

• carubinose
• seminose

Derived terms

• galactomannan
• mannaric
• mannaric acid
• mannonic acid
• mannosan
• mannosyl
• mannuronic
• methylmannoside
• monomannose
• oligomannosaccharide
• oligomannose
• paucimannose
• pentamannose
• polymannose
• tetramannose
• trimannose

Translations

monosaccharide aldohexose

Esperanto: manozo Finnish: mannoosi Hungarian: mannóz (hu) Italian: mannosio (it) m Spanish: manosa f

Anagrams

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French

Noun

mannose m (plural mannoses)

1. mannose

Further reading

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