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Blend of formaldehyde + aldose. May be decomposed as form- + -ose.
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formose
Today it means: Pertaining to the formose reaction (“Butlerov reaction”) Full definition →
Today it means: Pertaining to the formose reaction (“Butlerov reaction”) Full definition →
Blend of formaldehyde + aldose. May be decomposed as form- + -ose.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.