Definition of "laevulose" [læv•u•lose]

• Alternative spelling of levulose. (fructose) (noun)

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• "The finished honey contains a high concentration of several types of sugars, including sucrose, laevulose and dextrose."
• "They observed that when the blood sugar fell to about 0.045 per cent, characteristic symptoms supervened which could be antidoted by glucose, and to a less extent, by laevulose and mannose."