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levulose
lævulose, levulose Chem. (ˈliːvjʊləʊs) [f. L. læv-us left + -ule + -ose.] Formerly, the form of glucose which is lævo-rotatory to polarized light; now, the naturally occurring (lævo-rotatory) form of fructose, d(—)-fructose. (Cf. dextrose.)1871 Roscoe Elem. Chem. 396 In manna and honey mixed with le...
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lævo-
lævo-, levo- (ˈliːvəʊ) used as combining form of L. lævus, in the sense ‘(turning or turned) to the left’, in physical and chemical terms, chiefly having reference to the property possessed by certain substances of causing the plane of a ray of polarized light to rotate to the left (cf. dextro-). Am...
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fructose
fructose Chem. (ˈfrʌktəʊs) [f. L. fruct-us fruit + -ose.] ‘Fruit sugar or lævulose. Also applied to the sugar found in fruit, which consists of variable proportions of lævulose and dextrose’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1885).1864 in Webster. 1893 P. F. Frankland Secr. Friends & Foes 104 One of the principal art...
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levulosan
lævulosan, levulosan Chem. (ˈliːvjʊləsæn) Also -ane (see next). [ad. F. lévulosane (A. Gélis 1860, in Compt. Rend. LI. 333), f. lévulose lævulose, levulose.] a. An anhydride, C6H10O5, of lævulose. ? Obs.1862 H. Watts tr. Gmelin's Hand-bk. Chem. XV. 338 Cane-sugar quickly heated to 160°, and kept in ...
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-ulose
▪ I. -ulose, suffix1 A compound adjectival suffix representing L. -ulōsus, formed by the addition of -ōsus (see -ose) to stems in -ul-us, -a, -um, as angulōsus from angulus, fābulōsus from fābula, perīculōsus from perīculum. Such formations are rare in earlier Latin, but a considerable number are em...
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ketone
ketone Chem. (ˈkiːtəʊn) [a. Ger. keton (pl. ketone), a modification of acetone, introduced by Gmelin, Handbuch d. Chem. (ed. 4, 1848) IV. 40, 187.] 1. The name of a class of chemical compounds formed by oxidation of the secondary alcohols or carbinols, to which they stand in some respects in the rel...
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-ose
▪ I. -ose1 a suffix representing Latin -ōsus, forming adjs. from substantives, with the meaning ‘full of’, ‘abounding in’; e.g. ann-ōsus full of years, clām-ōsus screaming, cōpi-ōsus rich, pecūni-ōsus moneyed, religi-ōsus scrupulous. As a living suffix -ōsus came down to OF. as -os, -us, later -eus,...
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mucoid
▪ I. mucoid, n. Biochem. (ˈmjuːkɔɪd) [a. G. mucoid, f. mucin mucin + -oid -oid.] A mucin-like substance; esp. = mucoprotein s.v. muco-.1900 Gies & Cutter in Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. III. p. vi, We believe that continued investigation will show that the differences among the mucins, mucoids, and chondrop...
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invert
▪ I. invert, v. (ɪnˈvɜːt) [f. L. invert-ĕre, f. in- (in-2) + vertĕre to turn; lit. to turn in, to turn outside in, hence to turn the opposite way.] I. 1. a. trans. To turn upside down.1613 Beaum. & Fl. Coxcomb i. v, What an she were inverted, With her heels upward like a traitor's coat? 1641 J. Jack...
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triticin
triticin Chem. (ˈtrɪtɪsɪn) [f. L. trītic-um wheat (in mod.Bot.L. a generic name, including couch-grass) + -in1.] † 1. Name given to the gluten of wheat by Hermbstaedt (Erdmann's Jrnl. Techn. Chem. (1831) XII. 11); also applied to a substance obtained from potato starch (see quot. 1838). Obs.1838 T. ...
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keto-
keto- (ˈkiːtəʊ) comb. form of ketone. a. (Before a vowel also ket-.) As an inseparable formative element of terms in Chem. and Med.: ketal (ˈkiːtæl) [after acetal], any compound of the type R1R2C(OR3)OR4, where neither R1 nor R2 is a hydrogen atom (see quot. 1926); ˈketamine, a crystalline anæstheti...
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inversion
inversion (ɪnˈvɜːʃən) [ad. L. inversiōn-em an inverting, n. of action from invertĕre to invert; cf. F. inversion (1570 in Hatz.-Darm.).] The action of inverting, the condition of being inverted. I. 1. a. A turning upside down.1598 Florio, Inuersione, an inuersion, a turning inside out, or upside dow...
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