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-ose
1a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, meaning “full of,” “abounding in,” “given to,” “like”: frondose; globose; jocose; otiose; verbose.
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-ose
2a suffix used in chemical terminology to form the names of sugars and other carbohydrates (amylose; fructose; hexose; lactose), and of protein derivatives (proteose).
Origin:
extracted from glucose
extracted from glucose
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| -ose1 | |
| —suffix forming adjectives | |
| possessing; resembling: verbose; grandiose | |
| [from Latin -ōsus; see | |
| -ose2 | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| 1. | indicating a carbohydrate, esp a sugar: lactose |
| 2. | indicating a decomposition product of protein: albumose |
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Medical Dictionary
-ose 1
suff.
Possessing; having the characteristics of; full of: ramose.
-ose 2
suff.
Carbohydrate: fructose.
Product of protein hydrolysis: proteose.
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Science Dictionary
| -ose
A suffix used to form the chemical names of carbohydrates, such as glucose. |
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