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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless carbohydrate, C6H12O6, related to glucose. It is prepared by the reduction of idonic acid and exists in two isomeric forms given under
fluoranthene .
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- noun biochemistry The
aldohexose 6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol
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