Meaning of MONOSACCHARIDE
| Pronunciation: | | 'mânu`skowp
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| | Definition: | | [n] a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates |
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| | Synonyms: | | monosaccharose, simple sugar |
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| | See Also: | | aldose, carbohydrate, hexose, ketose, pentose, saccharide, sugar, tetrose, triose | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mon`o*sac"cha*ride\, n. Also -rid \-rid\ .
[Mono- + saccharide.] (Chem.)
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.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The simplest sugar; has the general formula of two hydrogen atoms per one oxygen atom and one carbon atom. |
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