any aldose containing six carbon atoms, such as glucose or mannose
aldohexose in American English
(ˌældouˈheksous)
noun
Chemistry
any of several hexoses in which one carbon atom is part of an aldehyde structure
Word origin
[1905–10; ald(ehyde) + -o- + hexose]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aspect ratio, one-shot, overcall, stabilizer, thiamine-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer)