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tetrose Chem.|ˈtɛtrəʊs| [f. tetra- + -ose2.] The name of sugars containing four carbon atoms in the molecule.
1904[see diose]. 1916[see biose]. 1963[see erythrose]. 1970A. L. Lehninger Biochemistry xi. 218 If the carbon chains of the trioses are extended by the addition of carbon atoms, we have, successively, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses, heptoses, and octoses. |