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Answer for the clue "Chemical sugar ", 6 letters:
aldose

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
An aldose, like a ketose , is a monosaccharide (a simple sugar) that contains only one aldehyde (−CH=O) group per molecule , whereas ketose contains a ketone group. The chemical formula takes the form C(HO). The simplest possible aldose is the diose glycolaldehyde ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context organic chemistry carbohydrate English) Any of a class of monosaccharides having an aldehyde or hemiacetal functional group.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal