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toʊs, ˈfrʊk-, ˈfruk- noun
Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
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fructose (ˈfrʌktəʊs, -təʊz, ˈfrʊk-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| laevulose, Also called: fruit sugar a white crystalline water-soluble sugar occurring in honey and many fruits. Formula: C6H12O6 | |
| [C19: from Latin frūctus fruit + | |
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Word Origin & History
fructose
"sugar found in fruit," 1864, coined in Eng. from L. fructus (see fruit) + chemical suffix -ose.
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Medical Dictionary
fructose fruc·tose (frŭk'tōs', fr&oobreve;k'-)
n.
A very sweet sugar occurring in many fruits and honey and used as a preservative for foodstuffs and as an intravenous nutrient. Also called fruit sugar, levulose.
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Science Dictionary
| fructose (frŭk'tōs') Pronunciation Key
A simple sugar (monosaccharide) found in honey, many fruits, and some vegetables. Fructose linked to glucose is the structure of table sugar, or sucrose. Fructose is an important source of energy for cellular processes. Chemical formula: C6H12O6. |
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Example sentences
Fructose apparently tricks the brain into thinking you are hungrier than you actually are.
Lactose as well as fructose are sugars and carbohydrates that are relatively low on the glycemic index.
The enzyme splits sucrose into fructose and glucose, researchers found, then adds the glucose to the growing plaque strings.
If you want to lose weight, drink only water and fruit juice, nothing with high fructose corn syrup in it though.
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