Origin and Etymology of rhamnose
International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin Rhamnus, genus of the buckthorn; from its being produced from a plant of this genus
First Known Use: 1888
Medical Definition of rhamnose
: a crystalline sugar C6H12O5 that occurs combined in many plants and is obtained in the common dextrorotatory L-form
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