threose

threose
An aldotetrose; one of the two aldoses (the other is erythrose) containing four carbon atoms.

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thre·ose 'thrē-.ōs n a syrupy synthetic sugar C4H8O4 that is the epimer of erythrose and that occurs as two optical isomers

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thre·ose (threґōs) an aldotetrose epimeric with erythrose at the 2 carbon.

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