Meaning

1 senses
  1. Monosaccharide

More definitions
  • a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates

Origin

From mono- + saccharose.

From mono- + saccharose.

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Forms

plural: monosaccharoses
Singularmonosaccharose
Pluralmonosaccharoses

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates:monosaccharidesimple sugar

See also

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