Synonyms & related words for aldohexose

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Words related to aldohexose

Explore words related to aldohexose — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include glycose, hexose, ketose, aldopentose, hexosan, furanoside, triose, heptose. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does aldohexose come from?

The word aldohexose breaks down into 4 roots of New Latin, Greek, and French origin: ald, from New Latin aldehydum (“aldehyde (alcohol dehydrogenatum)”); o, from Greek -o- (“linking vowel”); hex, from Greek hex (“six”); and -ose, from French -ose (“sugar, carbohydrate”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.