Usually means: Sugar; derived from sorbitol oxidation.
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  1. sorbose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. sorbose: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sorbose: Wordnik
  4. sorbose: Wiktionary
  5. sorbose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. sorbose: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. sorbose: Dictionary.com
  8. Sorbose: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. sorbose: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sorbose: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. sorbose: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sorbose)

▸ noun:  (biochemistry) The ketohexose (3S,4R,5S)-1,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexan-2-one used in the production of ascorbic acid

Similar:
sorbinose, rhamnulose, sorbitol, sorbopyranose, sorbital, sorbin, sorbitan, sorbierite, glucitol, hexose, more...

Types:
glucose, fructose, maltose, sucrose, more...

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Similar:
sorbinose, rhamnulose, sorbitol, sorbopyranose, sorbital, sorbin, sorbitan, sorbierite, glucitol, hexose, more...

Types:
glucose, fructose, maltose, sucrose, more...



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