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Monosaccharide

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A simple sugar that has a single ring, such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose.
  2. 2
    a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates wordnet

Etymology

From mono- + saccharide.

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