furanose /fu·ra·nose/ (fu´rah-nōs) any sugar containing the four-carbon furan ring structure; it is a cyclic form that ketoses and aldoses may take in solution.
fu·ra·nose (fy r  -n s )n. A sugar having a cyclic structure resembling that of furan. |
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