Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun aldose

1 sense of aldose

Sense 1
aldose -- (a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal)
       => monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar -- (a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates)