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Webster 1913 Edition
-ose
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 cellul
ose
, sucrose
, dextrose
, etc.