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sor•bose n. [Biochem.]

Biochemistrya ketohexose, C₆H₁₂O₆, occurring in mountain ash and obtained industrially from sorbitol by bacterial oxidation: used in the synthesis of vitamin C.

sorb(itol) + -ose² 1895–1900

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