tetrose Chem.
(ˈtɛtrəʊs)
[f. tetra- + -ose2.]
The name of sugars containing four carbon atoms in the molecule.
| 1904 [see diose]. 1916 [see biose]. 1963 [see erythrose]. 1970 A. L. Lehninger Biochemistry xi. 218 If the carbon chains of the trioses are extended by the addition of carbon atoms, we have, successively, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses, heptoses, and octoses. |