First Known Use: circa 1864
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fructose
noun fruc·tose \ˈfrək-ˌtōs, ˈfrük-, ˈfru̇k-, -ˌtōz\
: a very sweet kind of sugar that is found in fruit juices and honey
Full Definition of FRUCTOSE
1
: a crystalline sugar C6H12O6 sweeter and more soluble than glucose
2
: the very sweet levorotatory d -form of fructose that occurs especially in fruit juices and honey —called also fruit sugar, levulose
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Origin of FRUCTOSE
International Scientific Vocabulary fruct- (from Latin fructus fruit) + 2-ose
Rhymes with FRUCTOSE
arkose, Carlos, cosmos, crustose, cymose, dextrose, engross, erose, globose, glucose, jocose, lactose, maltose, mannose, morose, mythos, nodose, pappose, pentose, pilose, plumose, ramose, rhamnose, ribose, rugose, schistose, setose, spinose, strigose, sucrose, Sukkoth, triose, up close, vadose, verbose, viscose
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fructose
noun fruc·tose \ˈfrək-ˌtōs, ˈfrük-, ˈfru̇k-, -ˌtōz\
Medical Definition of FRUCTOSE
1
: an optically active sugar C6H12O6 that differs from glucose in having a ketonic rather than an aldehydic carbonyl group
2
: the very sweet soluble levorotatory D-form of fructose that occurs especially in fruit juices and honey—called also levulose
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