-ˌnōs noun
( -s )
Etymology: German turanos, from Persian Tūrān Turkistan + German -os -ose; from its being obtained from a manna found in Turkistan
: a crystalline reducing disaccharide sugar C 12 H 22 O 11 obtained by the partial hydrolysis of melezitose; 3-α-glucosyl-fructose