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Definition of Carbohydrate

1. Noun. An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain.

Definition of Carbohydrate

1. n. One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose, C₆H₁₂O₆.

Definition of Carbohydrate

1. Noun. (organic chemistry nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant; a saccharide. ¹

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Definition of Carbohydrate

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Medical Definition of Carbohydrate

1. Very abundant compounds, usually an aldehyde or ketone derivative of a polyhydric alcohol, particularly of the pentahydric and hexahydric alcohols. They are so named because the hydrogen and oxygen are usually in the proportion to form water with the general formula Cn(H2O)n. The most important carbohydrates are the starches, sugars, celluloses and gums. They are classified into mono, di, tri, poly and heterosaccharides. The smallest are monosaccharides like glucose whereas polysaccharides such as starch, cellulose or glycogen can be large and indeterminate in length. (08 Oct 1997)

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Literary usage of Carbohydrate

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1. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1918)
"another way and add to the 17 grams the carbohydrate which could be formed out of the 67 grams protein allowed, on the basis that for each 100 grams protein ..."

2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Tests of assimilation show how much carbohydrate and fat undergo absorption, ... (b) Studies of carbohydrate Tolerance Even when there is no spontaneous ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1903)
"IT HAS been known for some time that certain complex substances found in animal organisms, when decomposed with acids, yielded protein and carbohydrate ..."

4. Nutrient Composition of Rations for Short-term, High-intensity Combat Operations by Institute of Medicine (U. S.), Fnb, High-stress Situations, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (2006)
"The total carbohydrate ingested by the carbohydrate-supplemented group averaged 470 ... Total energy intake of the carbohydrate-supplemented and the placebo ..."

5. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1902)
"On a reserve carbohydrate, which produces mannose, from the bulb of Lilium. By J. PARKIN, MA, Trinity College. [Bead 4 March 1901.] Besides starch the bulbs ..."

6. Food Ingestion and Energy Transformations: With Special Reference to the by Francis Gano Benedict, Thorne Martin Carpenter (1918)
"The general conclusions from this series of calorimeter experiments would therefore be that the ingestion of pure or nearly pure carbohydrate produces a ..."

7. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1915)
"of carbohydrate. Take, for example, cream. The quantity of carbohydrate contained in half a pint may vary 5 grammes, making an error of 10 per cent., ..."

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