triose

One of a group of monosaccharides that contain three carbon atoms.

A classname applied, in organic chemistry, to carbohydrates containing three atoms of oxygen in their molecules, such as glycerose (OCH.CH(OH)CH₂OH).

A combining-form to indicate the combination into one molecule of three carbohydrate radicals, as in raffinose (melitriose), which is a saccharotriose.

A sugar derived from a trihydric alcohol.

A trisaccharide.

A sugar or saccharide containing three carbon atoms. Trioses are the smallest monosaccharides. Dihydroxyacetone and L- / D-glyceraldehyde are the only trioses.

any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule