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

1 sense of tetrose

Sense 1
tetrose -- (any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule)
       => monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar -- (a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates)