triose

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  A sugar or saccharide containing three carbon atoms. Trioses are the smallest monosaccharides. Dihydroxyacetone and L-/D-glyceraldehyde are the only trioses.

Hyponyms

 * dihydroxyacetone
 * dihydroxyacetone


 * glyceraldehyde
 * glyceraldehyde

Translations

 * Catalan: triosa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: triozo
 * French:
 * Italian: trioso
 * Japanese: トリオース
 * Spanish: triosa