Glycose

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glycose \Gly"cose\, n. [Gr. ? sweet + -ose.] (Physiol. Chem.)
     One of a class of carbohydrates having from three to nine
     atoms of carbon in the molecules and having the constitution
     either of an aldehyde alcohol or of a ketone alcohol. Most
     glycoses have hydrogen and oxygen present in the proportion
     to form water, while the number of carbon atoms is usually


     equal to the number of atoms of oxygen.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]