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Definition of Monosaccharide

1. Noun. A sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates.

Definition of Monosaccharide

1. n. A simple sugar; any of a number of sugars (including the trioses, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses, etc.), not decomposable into simpler sugars by hydrolysis. Specif., as used by some, a hexose. The monosaccharides are all open-chain compounds containing hydroxyl groups and either an aldehyde group or a ketone group.

Definition of Monosaccharide

1. Noun. (carbohydrates) A simple sugar such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose that has a single ring. ¹

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Definition of Monosaccharide

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Monosaccharide

1. A simple sugar that cannot be hydrolysed to smaller units. Empirical formula is (CH2O)n and range in size from trioses (n=3) to heptoses (n=7). This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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