Tetrose

2 definitions found

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

  Tetrose \Tet"rose\, n. [Tetra- + -ose.] (Chem.)
     A monosaccharide derived from a certain alcohol.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  tetrose
       n : any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per
           molecule