<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C₆H₁₂O₆, sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits.</li><li>used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.</li></ul>