Hexose

Definition: Hexose

Hexose

Noun

1. A monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule.

Note: Hexose \Hex"ose\, noun. [Hexa- -ose.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Hexose

Domain	Definitions
Chemistry	A sugar(monosaccharide)containing 6 oxygen atoms. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Hexose

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A hexose is an organic chemical compound (carbohydrate) with six carbon atoms.

This category includes glucose, fructose, and galactose, the three basic monosaccharides for hexoses.

Crosswords: Hexose

Specialty definitions using "hexose": Hexosyltransferases, Hexuronic Acids ♦ Pentosephosphate Pathway. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Hexose

"Hexose" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Hexose" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

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Expressions: Hexose

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "hexose": hexose-dominance, hexose-dominated, hexose-monophosphate, hexose-rich.
	Containing "hexose": UDPglucose-Hexose-1-Phosphate Uridylyltransferase, UTP-Hexose-1-Phosphate Uridylyltransferase.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hexose

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
active compound correlated hexose	5
hexose monophosphate pathway	2
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Modern Translations: Hexose

Language		Translations for "hexose"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		己糖. (various references)

Danish		heksose (hexoses ( C6 H12 06 )). (various references)

Dutch		fructose-1,6-bifosfaat (fructose-1, hexose diphosphate). (various references)

Finnish		heksoosi (hexoses ( C6 H12 06 )). (various references)

French		hexose. (various references)

German		Hexose. (various references)

Greek		1,6-διφωσφορική φρουκτόζη (fructose-1, hexose diphosphate). (various references)

Italian		esoso (closefisted, mean), esosio. (various references)

Pig Latin		exosehay

Portuguese		hexose. (various references)

Spanish		hexosa. (various references)

Swedish		hexos. (various references)
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Derivations: Hexose

Derivations
	Words beginning with "hexose": hexoses. (additional references)
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Rhyming with "Hexose"

Words rhyming with "hexose" (pronounced 'Hex"ose'): Cystose, maltose, Quartzose, triose. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Hexose

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-h-o-s-x"
	-1 letter: hexes.
	-2 letters: exes, hoes, hose, oxes, shoe.
	-3 letters: hes, hex, hoe, oes, ohs, ose, see, sex, she, sox.
	-4 letters: eh, es, ex, he, ho, oe, oh, os, ox, sh, so.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-h-o-s-x"
	+1 letter: hexones, hexoses.
	+2 letters: ethoxies.
	+3 letters: exhorters, exosphere, hellboxes, homosexes, phoenixes.
	+4 letters: chemotaxes, exospheres, exospheric, hexapodies, hexokinase, homeoboxes, horsepoxes, phenoxides, toxaphenes, xenophiles, xenophobes, xerophytes.
	+5 letters: hexahedrons, hexokinases, thermotaxes, xerophilies.
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