| NOUN | substance | simple sugar, monosaccharide, monosaccharose | a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars |
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| 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 | monosaccharide, monosaccharose | |
| 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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