Usually means: Six-carbon simple sugar molecule.
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  1. hexose: Merriam-Webster
  2. hexose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hexose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hexose: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hexose: Vocabulary.com
  6. hexose: Wordnik
  7. hexose: Wiktionary
  8. hexose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. hexose: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. hexose: Dictionary.com
  11. Hexose: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. hexose: Rhymezone
  13. hexose: FreeDictionary.org
  14. hexose: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. hexose: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hexose: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. hexose: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. hexose: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hexose)

▸ noun:  (biochemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms.

Similar:
hexaose, monohexose, octose, pentose, decose, ketose, heptose, hexasaccharide, tetrose, hexosan, more...

Opposite:
pentose, heptose, octose

Types:
glucose, fructose, galactose, mannose, xylose, ribose, arabinose, lyxose, allose, more...

Phrases:
hexose phosphate, hexose monophosphate shunt, hexose phosphatase, more...

Adjectives:
total, bound, free, other, neutral, important, only, common, particular, aldo, terminal

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Similar:
hexaose, monohexose, octose, pentose, decose, ketose, heptose, hexasaccharide, tetrose, hexosan, more...

Opposite:
pentose, heptose, octose

Types:
glucose, fructose, galactose, mannose, xylose, ribose, arabinose, lyxose, allose, more...

Phrases:
hexose phosphate, hexose monophosphate shunt, hexose phosphatase, more...

Adjectives:
total, bound, free, other, neutral, important, only, common, particular, aldo, terminal



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