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altrose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
al-trose
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aldohexose epimeric with mannose

Etymology

altr, from altruists + -ose Chemist Emil Fischer is credited with the following mnemonic for the order of the configurations of the 8 aldohexoses (See Coordinate terms below.) about the chiral centers when ordered as 3-bit binary strings: All altruists gladly make gum in gallon tanks.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

altroses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

allose glucose mannose gulose idose galactose talose

Questions

What does altrose mean?
An aldohexose epimeric with mannose
Where does altrose come from?
altr, from altruists + -ose Chemist Emil Fischer is credited with the following mnemonic for the order of the configurations of the 8 aldohexoses (See Coordinate terms below.) about the chiral centers when ordered as 3-bit binary strings: All altruists gladly make gum in gallon tanks.

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