fructose

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfrʊktəʊz/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(fruk′tōs, frŏŏk′-, fro̅o̅k′-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
fruc•tose  (fruk′tōs, frŏŏk′-, fro̅o̅k′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Chemistry, Drugsa yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C6H12O6, sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient. Also called levulose, fruit sugar. 
  • fruct- + -ose2 1860–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
fructose / ˈfrʌktəʊs -təʊz ˈfrʊk-/
  1. a white crystalline water-soluble sugar occurring in honey and many fruits. Formula: C6H12O6
Etymology: 19th Century: from Latin frūctus fruit + -ose2
'fructose' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-ose - FOS - disaccharidase - fruct- - fructosan - fructoside - fruit sugar - hexose - inulin - inversion - invert sugar - invertase - ketohexose - levulose - monosaccharide - raffinose - sugar

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