triose

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

trihexose triaose ketotriose trisaccharide globotriose tetrose triulose threose glycerose glucotriose

Often followed by

phosphate phosphates and reductone sugar p isomerase

Word family

trioses