Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ose"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
-ose \-ose\ [L. -osus: cf. F. -ose. Cf. {-ous}.]
1. A suffix denoting full of, containing, having the
qualities of, like; as in verbose, full of words; pilose,
hairy; globose, like a globe.
2. (Chem.) A suffix indicating that the substance to the name
of which it is affixed is a member of the carbohydrate
group; as in cellulose, sucrose, dextrose, etc.
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