Usually means: Four-carbon sugar; simple carbohydrate.
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  1. tetrose: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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▸ noun:  (biochemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing four carbon atoms.

Similar:
tetraose, ketotetrose, tetrasaccharide, aldotetrose, triose, pentose, hexose, glucotetraose, octose, pentaose, more...

Types:
erythrose, threose, ribose, arabinose, xylose, lyxose, allose, altrose, galactose, more...

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Similar:
tetraose, ketotetrose, tetrasaccharide, aldotetrose, triose, pentose, hexose, glucotetraose, octose, pentaose, more...

Types:
erythrose, threose, ribose, arabinose, xylose, lyxose, allose, altrose, galactose, more...



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