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os- root words — words with the os- root

The root os- comes from Greek ose, meaning sugar (ribose). 47 words in Dendril are built from it, including acarbose, adenosine, agarose, aldohexose, aldopentose, amylose, arabinose, arabinoside, carboxymethylcellulose, cellobiose, cellulosic, cerebroside. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the os- root

Explore words with os- — words containing the os- root and sharing its sense of "sugar (ribose)". Examples include acarbose, adenosine, agarose, aldohexose, aldopentose, amylose, arabinose, arabinoside, carboxymethylcellulose, cellobiose, cellulosic, cerebroside. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The os- root means sugar (ribose), from Greek ose. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.