Tetrose

Origin

-("four") + ose("sugar") + -

Full definition of tetrose

Noun

1. (carbohydrate) A sugar or saccharide containing four carbon atoms.

Hypernyms

• monosaccharide

Hyponyms

• ketotetrose

• erythrulose

• aldotetrose

• erythrose
• threose

Anagrams

• rosette