ose

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A simple sugar that cells use for energy

: osa

The word 'glucose' contains the suffix ose, which indicates that it is a type of sugar.

Examples

Akengbuda was the patron, and the Oba's wife, Ose, was the matron.

Academic text (1991)
For example, it is not uncommon for Sango priests to wield their ose when dancing during ritual performances to invoke Sango's ase.

Academic text (1994)
The large altar ivories of Set IV could have come from Ose's shrine in Uselu.

Academic text (1991)
In this case, the predominance of female figures could celebrate Ose's extreme prestige during the months following the aged king's demise, while ostensibly honoring the king himself.

Academic text (1991)
In the names of sugars, like fructose and glucose, the ose ending is a common feature.
You can recognize many sweet substances by their ose suffix, such as sucrose and lactose.

monosaccharose

vsose

9.9

A single sugar that cannot be broken into smaller sugars

is a general term and naming suffix for simple sugars not only indivisible ones

-ose

7.9

A word ending that shows the name of a sugar, like glucose and lactose

-ose

8.9

A word ending that makes a describing word meaning full of something, for example verbose or grandiose

ose singular

oses plural

Ose is the small ending used for simple sugars like glucose and ribose, so you can remember ose as meaning 'a sugar'.