| AMITOSES | • amitoses n. Plural of amitosis. • AMITOSIS n. direct cell division, without mitosis. |
| CESTOSES | • CESTOS n. (Greek) a belt or girdle. |
| COMATOSE | • comatose adj. In a coma: unconscious. • comatose adj. (Informal) Drowsy or lethargic. • comatose adj. (Informal) Fast asleep. |
| CRUSTOSE | • crustose adj. (Lichenology) Of a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate. • CRUSTOSE adj. forming a thin brittle crust. |
| FRUCTOSE | • fructose n. (Biochemistry) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6. • FRUCTOSE n. a sugar found in various fruits. |
| HEPTOSES | • heptoses n. Plural of heptose. • HEPTOSE n. any monosaccharide sugar with seven carbon atoms in its molecule. |
| KERATOSE | • keratose adj. (Medicine) Relating to or marked by keratosis; horny. • keratose n. (Biochemistry) A tough, horny animal substance found in the skeletons of sponges and other invertebrates. • KERATOSE adj. of certain sponges, having a horny skeleton. |
| KURTOSES | • kurtoses n. Plural of kurtosis. • KURTOSIS n. the sharpness of the peak of a statistical curve. |
| LACTOSES | • lactoses n. Plural of lactose. • LACTOSE n. a lactic sugar. |
| MALTOSES | • maltoses n. Plural of maltose. • MALTOSE n. a hard, white crystalline sugar, formed by the action of malt or diastase on starch. |
| PECTOSES | • pectoses n. Plural of pectose. • PECTOSE n. a pectin-yielding substance contained in the fleshy pulp of unripe fruit. |
| PENTOSES | • pentoses n. Plural of pentose. • PENTOSE n. a sugar with five carbon atoms per molecule. |
| PHOTOSET | • photoset v. To photocompose. • photoset n. A set of photographs. • PHOTOSET v. to prepare for printing by photographic means. |
| PHYTOSES | • phytoses n. Plural of phytosis. • PHYTOSIS n. a disease caused by vegetable parasites. |
| STRATOSE | • stratose adj. Arranged in layers or strata. • STRATOSE adj. in strata, layered, also STRATOUS. |
| VENTOSES | • ventoses n. Plural of ventose. • Ventôses prop.n. Plural of Ventôse. • VENTOSE n. an apparatus sometimes used to assist the delivery of a baby, consisting of a cup which is attached to the fetal head by suction, also VENTOUSE. |