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Where does “trihexose” come from?

trihexose (English) comes from English hexose, from English -ose, from English glucose, from French glucose, from Ancient Greek γλεῦκος — sweet new wine, must; sweetness.

trihexose (English): Any trisaccharide derived from three hexose...

Definitions

  1. Any trisaccharide derived from three hexose...

Ancestry of “trihexose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhexoseA sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms
2English-osefull of, like; Used to form the names of sugars
3EnglishglucoseA simple monosaccharide with a molecular formula...
4Frenchglucoseglucose; first-person singular present indicative...
5Ancient Greekγλεῦκοςsweet new wine, must; sweetness
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