ketohexose

Definitions of ketohexose

1. noun

   a monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group
   types:

   fructose, fruit sugar, laevulose, levulose

   a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits

   type of:

   hexose

   a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule

   ketose

   any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal