noun🔗ShareA sugar or saccharide containing three carbon atoms. Trioses are the smallest monosaccharides. Dihydroxyacetone and L-/D-glyceraldehyde are the only trioses."In biochemistry class, we learned that trioses, like glyceraldehyde, are the simplest sugars because they contain only three carbon atoms. "biochemistrychemistrybiologyfoodsubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading