BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

CARBOHYDRATES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Different sugars all end in the suffix ____
A
ly
B
itis
C
ose
D
ion
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Words ending in-ose: The suffix-ose is used in biochemistry to form the names of sugars. In Latin this suffix means “full of”, “abounding in”, or “like”. Sucrose, dextrose, glucose, maltose, fructose, and lactose are all scientific names for different types of sugar.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sugar molecules ending in “ose” (dextrose, fructose, glucose, lactose, maltose, sucrose)

Detailed explanation-3: -The suffix-ose (/oʊz, oʊs/) is used in biochemistry to form the names of sugars. This Latin suffix means “full of", “abounding in", “given to", or “like". Numerous systems exist to name specific sugars more descriptively.

Detailed explanation-4: –ose in American English suffix. a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, meaning “full of, ” “ abounding in, ” “given to, ” “like” frondose. globose. jocose.

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