biose etymology

English word biose comes from English -ose, English bio- (Life. Organic life.)

Detailed word origin of biose

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-ose English (eng) (chemistry) Used to form the names of sugars. Full of, like.
bio- English (eng) Life. Organic life.
biose English (eng) (carbohydrate) Any carbohydrate having two carbon atoms; in reality - glycolaldehyde.

Words with the same origin as biose

Descendants of -ose
agarose arabinoside caseose cutose cytosine dambose decose dextrose favose fructose fructoside galactose gentianose granulose hexosamine lacunose octose paucimannose rhamnose rutinose streptose sucrose tremellose venulose
Descendants of bio-
biochemical biochemistry biodegradable biodestructible biodiesel biodilution biodiversity bioelectric biofeedback biofriendly biofuel biogenic biogeophysical biohazard bioluminescent biomechanics biomedical bionics bionucleonic bioscan bioscope biosphere biosynthesis biotech bioweapon