aldo-combining form of aldehyde, used in names of chemical compounds.
1883 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XLIV. 1104Lactones are not converted into aldoximes by the action of hydroxylamine.
1906 Sudborough Bernthsen'sOrg. Chem. 308The relationship of the aldohexoses to the aldopentoses.
1907 J. B. Cohen Org. Chem. Adv. Stud. I. 295An aldehyde sugar containing six atoms of carbon would be termed an aldo-hexose.
Ibid. 310Aldo-Pentose.
1912 F. G. Pope Mod. ResearchOrg. Chem. 276Two classes of ketens have been recognized, namely, the keto-ketens..and the aldo-ketens.
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— see ald-