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monosaccharide

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌmɒnəʊˈsækəˌraɪd/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mon′ə sak′ə rīd′, -ər id)

mon•o•sac•cha•ride (mon′ə sak′ə rīd′, -ər id),USA pronunciation n. [Chem.]

Chemistrya carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.

Also, mon•o•sac•cha•rose (mon′ə sak′ə rōs′).USA pronunciation

mono- + saccharide 1895–1900

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

monosaccharide /ˌmɒnəʊˈsækəˌraɪd; -rɪd/ n

a simple sugar, such as glucose or fructose, that does not hydrolyse to yield other sugars

'monosaccharide' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

glucose - hexose - oligosaccharide - polysaccharide - aminosugar - complex carbohydrate - ganglioside - heptose - ketose - pentose - pyranose - triose - trisaccharide - saccharide - simple carbohydrate - simple sugar

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