Organic Chemical
hexose Audio
hex·ose [ hek-sohs ]
Subclass of:
Monosaccharides
Definitions related to hexoses:
  • A class of monosaccharides with six carbon atoms.
    CRCH Nutrition Terminology
    Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 2021
  • Monosaccharide containing six carbon atoms in one molecule.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • MONOSACCHARIDES whose molecules contain six carbon atoms, such as GLUCOSE and FRUCTOSE. They generally have the chemical formula C6H12O6.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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