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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ketone-aleohol containing 6 atoms of carbon, a member of one class of the glucoses. Fruit-sugar or levulose is the most familiar example of such a substance.
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- noun organic chemistry Any
hexose containing anketone group
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- noun a monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group
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