Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See -ous.
- A suffix occurring in many English adjectives, formed, most of them in recent scientific use, from Latin or Middle Latin adjectives in -osus, as bellicose, globose, jocose, morose, otiose, pilose, verbose, etc. In the seventeenth century many adjectives before that date and since spelled with -ous were often spelled with -ose, probably not always with a different pronunciation, as ambitiose, gloriose, pompose, etc. Abstract nouns in -ity from adjectives in -ose or -ous take the form -osity, as globosity, jocosity, pomposity, etc.
- In chem.:
- A suffix designating members of the group of sugars, as glucose, lactose, maltose, etc.
- A suffix showing that the substance is a primary decomposition-product of a proteid, as albumose, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- suffix A suffix denoting
full of ,containing ,having the qualities of ,like ; as in verbose , full of words; pilose , hairy; globose , like a globe. - suffix (Chem.) A suffix indicating that the substance to the name of which it is affixed is a member of the carbohydrate group
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- suffix full of, like
- suffix chemistry Used to form the names of
sugars .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Read the ingredients part of the label; if there is a sugar, syrup, or food ending in an “-ose” in the first five ingredients, avoid it like the plague to avoid the plague of obesity, heart disease, and cancer—it is that important.
You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009
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Read the ingredients part of the label; if there is a sugar, syrup, or food ending in an “-ose” in the first five ingredients, avoid it like the plague to avoid the plague of obesity, heart disease, and cancer—it is that important.
You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009
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So anything with a sugar added to it usually sugar—they usually end in “-ose”—or a syrup in the first five ingredients should go too.
You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009
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So anything with a sugar added to it usually sugar—they usually end in “-ose”—or a syrup in the first five ingredients should go too.
You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009
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So anything with a sugar added to it usually sugar—they usually end in “-ose”—or a syrup in the first five ingredients should go too.
You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009
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Read the ingredients part of the label; if there is a sugar, syrup, or food ending in an “-ose” in the first five ingredients, avoid it like the plague to avoid the plague of obesity, heart disease, and cancer—it is that important.
You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009
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Avoid five aging foods: trans fats, saturated fats (aim for 0 and never more than 4 grams per serving), simple sugars (they end in -ose and include syrups, such as high-fructose corn syrup, rice syrup, molasses, or cane sugar), and any starch or grain with less than 100 percent whole grains.
You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008
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• Avoid simple sugars—they end in -ose, like glucose, sucrose, maltose, dextrose, etc. except ribose!
You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008
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Avoid five aging foods: trans fats, saturated fats (aim for 0 and never more than 4 grams per serving), simple sugars (they end in -ose and include syrups, such as high-fructose corn syrup, rice syrup, molasses, or cane sugar), and any starch or grain with less than 100 percent whole grains.
You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008
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• Avoid simple sugars—they end in -ose, like glucose, sucrose, maltose, dextrose, etc. except ribose!
You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008
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