altrose

Etymology
altr, from altruists

Chemist 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.

Noun

 * 1)  An aldohexose epimeric with mannose

Coordinate terms

 * allose, altrose, glucose, mannose, gulose, idose, galactose, talose

Translations

 * Esperanto: altrozo
 * Finnish: altroosi
 * Portuguese: altrose
 * Spanish: altrosa

Noun

 * 1)   aldohexose epimeric with mannose