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noun
monosaccharide
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: monosaccharide, simple sugar
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar
Narrower terms: triose, tetrose, pentose, hexose, aldose, ketose
History
From mono- + saccharose.
