Etymology

ketotriose

K5E1T1O1T1R1I1O1S1E1

Today it means: Any ketose having three carbon atoms; in reality, only dihydroxyacetone Full definition →

English triose ← German Keton
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The story

  1. GermanKeton
  2. Englishketone
  3. Englishketo-
  4. Englishtriose
  5. English todayketotriose

From keto- + triose.

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