Meanings
nounaldose (plural aldoses)
plural aldoses
- biochemistryAny of a class of monosaccharides having an aldehyde or hemiacetal functional group.
The saccharides include such substances as dextrose and levulose, which are typical examples of the two classes into which these bodies are divisible, viz. the Aldoses and Ketoses.
1895, Richard Lloyd Whiteley, chapter XXXV, in Organic Chemistry: The Fatty Compounds, London; New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 263
Origin
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Latinalcohol
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latinde-
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
- GermanAldehyd
- Englishald(ehyde)
- Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
- Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
- Frenchglucose
- Englishglucosebf.
- Englishaldose
From ald(ehyde) + -ose.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian алдоза
- алдоза (aldoza)any of a class of monosaccharides
Catalan aldosa
- aldosaany of a class of monosaccharides
Esperanto aldozo
- aldozoany of a class of monosaccharides
Finnish aldoosi
- aldoosiany of a class of monosaccharides
Hungarian aldóz
- aldózany of a class of monosaccharides
Norwegian aldose
- aldoseany of a class of monosaccharides
Polish aldoza
- aldozaany of a class of monosaccharides
Portuguese aldose
- aldoseany of a class of monosaccharides
Spanish aldosa
- aldosaany of a class of monosaccharides
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Cite this entry
APA
aldose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aldose
MLA
“aldose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aldose. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aldose,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aldose.
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