ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Biose

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Biose is a noun meaning (biochemistry) Any carbohydrate having two carbon atoms; in reality - glycolaldehyde.

Meaning

(biochemistry) Any carbohydrate having two carbon atoms; in reality - glycolaldehyde.

More Meanings

  1. (biochemistry) Synonym of disaccharide.

Word Forms

Synonyms for biose

Depending on context, synonyms include disaccharide.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include aldotriose, glycolaldehyde, glycerose, aldose, glyceral, glycoaldehyde.

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