| a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, meaning “full of,” “abounding in,” “given to,” “like”: frondose; globose; jocose; otiose; verbose. |
| a suffix used in chemical terminology to form the names of sugars and other carbohydrates (amylose; fructose; hexose; lactose), and of protein derivatives (proteose). |
| -ose 1 suff. Possessing; having the characteristics of; full of: cymose. [Middle English, variant of -ous, from Latin -ōsus.] |
| -ose 2 suff.
[French, from glucose, glucose; see glucose.] |
-ose 1
suff.
Possessing; having the characteristics of; full of: ramose.
-ose 2
suff.
Carbohydrate: fructose.
Product of protein hydrolysis: proteose.
| -ose
A suffix used to form the chemical names of carbohydrates, such as glucose. |
