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monosaccharide

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun monosaccharide has 1 sense

monosaccharide(n = noun.substance) monosaccharose, simple sugar - a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates; Array

has particulars: triose, tetrose, pentose, hexose, aldose, ketose

is a kind of carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar

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CIDE DICTIONARY

monosaccharide, n. [Mono- + saccharide.].

A simple sugar; any of a number of sugars (including the trioses, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses, etc.), not decomposable into simpler sugars by hydrolysis. Specif., as used by some, a hexose. The monosaccharides are all open-chain compounds containing hydroxyl groups and either an aldehyde group or a ketone group. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

monosaccharide, n. Chem. a sugar that cannot be hydrolysed to give a simpler sugar, e.g. glucose.

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