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From thre- + -ose, formed by changing the letters from the much earlier discovered isomer erythrose.
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threose
Today it means: The aldotetrose (2S,3R)-2,3,4-trihydroxybutanal Full definition →
Today it means: The aldotetrose (2S,3R)-2,3,4-trihydroxybutanal Full definition →
From thre- + -ose, formed by changing the letters from the much earlier discovered isomer erythrose.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.