-ulose

Morpheme

-ulose

Type

suffix

Denotation

ketose sugar

Etymology

backformed from levulose, laevulose (<L(a)ev(e) + -(u)le + -ose>)

Evidence

allulose, heptulose, rhamnulose, sedoheptulose, xylulose

See Also

L(a)ev(e) [Leve, Lev, Laeve], -(u)le [-ule, -le]

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