Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun aldohexose
1 sense of aldohexose
Sense 1
aldohexose -- (a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group)
=> aldose -- (a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal)
=> hexose -- (a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule)