-ˌtōs also -ōz noun
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Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary fruct- (from Latin fructus fruit) + -ose
: a ketose sugar HOCH 2 (CHOH) 3 COCH 2 OH known in levorotatory, dextrorotatory, and racemic forms ; especially : the very sweet soluble levorotatory d -form that occurs especially in fruit juices and honey and combined in many disaccharides and polysaccharides — see invert sugar , levulose , sucrose