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xy⋅lose

  [zahy-lohs]
–noun Chemistry.
a colorless, crystalline pentose sugar, C5H10O5, derived from xylan, straw, corncobs, etc., by treating with heated dilute sulfuric acid, and dehydrating to furfural if stronger acid is used.
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1890–95; < Gk xýl(on) wood + -ose 2
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xy·lose   (zī'lōs')   
n.  A white crystalline sugar, C5H10O5, used in dyeing and tanning and in diabetic diets. Also called wood sugar.
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Main Entry: xy·lose
Pronunciation: 'zI-"lOs, -"lOz
Function: noun
: a crystalline aldose sugar C5H10O5 that is notfermentable with ordinary yeasts and occurs especially as a constituent of xylans from which it is obtained by hydrolysis
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xylose xy·lose (zī'lōs')
n.
A white crystalline sugar used in dyeing and tanning and in diabetic diets. Also called wood sugar.

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xylose   (zī'lōs')  Pronunciation Key 
A white crystalline sugar extracted from wood, straw, and corn. It is used in dyeing and tanning and as a substitute for sucrose in diabetic diets. Chemical formula: C5H10O5.
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