-ose
- nominal suffix meaning "carbohydrate" (for example, amylose), especially meaning "sugar" (for example, pentose)
- nominal suffix meaning "primary hydrolysis product" (for example, proteose)
- full of, having the qualities of, like
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /-əʊs/ / /-əʊz/ / /-oʊs/
suffix
Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose Back-formation from glucose.
- Used to form the names of sugars.
- Used to indicate a product of protein breakdown