NOUN | substance | monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar | a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars |
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Sounds | maa.nahsae'keray.d | |
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Rhymes | abide ... Yuletide: 172 rhymes with ayd... |
Meaning | 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 | |
Narrower | aldose | A monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal |
hexose | A monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule | |
ketose | Any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal | |
pentose | Any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule | |
tetrose | Any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule | |
triose | Any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule | |
Broader | carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar | An essential structural / structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals |
Spanish | monosacárido, monosaccharose | |
Catalan | monosacàrid, monosaccharose |
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