different between galactose vs fructose

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (gálaktos, “milk”) +? -ose (“sugar”).

Noun

galactose (countable and uncountable, plural galactoses)

1. (biochemistry) A monosaccharide found, along with lactose, in dairy products, and is synthesized by the body where it is found associated with glycolipids and glycoproteins.

Derived terms

Related terms

• galactagogue
• galactorrhea

Translations

Anagrams

• e-catalogs

French

Noun

galactose m (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) galactose

Portuguese

Noun

galactose f (plural galactoses)

1. (biochemistry) galactose (a monosaccharide found in dairy products)

English

Etymology

From Latin fructus (“fruit”) + -ose (“sugar”) (derivation of sucrose).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??k.t??z/, /?f??k.t??z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f??k.to?s/, /?f??k.to?s/, /?f?uk.to?s/

Noun

fructose (countable and uncountable, plural fructoses)

1. (biochemistry) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C₆H₁₂O₆.

Synonyms

• acrose
• fruit sugar

Hypernyms

• ketohexose
• hexose
• monosaccharide

Hyponyms

• lævulose, laevulose, levulose
• D-fructose
• L-fructose
• levoglucose

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Corfutes, forecuts

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin fructus +? -ose.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fruc?to?se

Noun

fructose f or m (uncountable)

1. fructose

Synonyms

• vruchtensuiker

French

Noun

fructose m (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) fructose

Further reading

• “fructose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).