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- [mon-uh-sak-uh-rahyd, -er-id]
- /ˌmɒn əˈsæk əˌraɪd, -ər ɪd/
- /ˌmɒn.əʊˈsæk.ər.aɪd/
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- [mon-uh-sak-uh-rahyd, -er-id]
- /ˌmɒn əˈsæk əˌraɪd, -ər ɪd/
Definitions of monosaccharide word
- noun monosaccharide a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides. 1
- noun monosaccharide Any of the class of sugars (e.g., glucose) that cannot be hydrolyzed to give a simpler sugar. 1
- noun monosaccharide a simple sugar, such as glucose or fructose, that does not hydrolyse to yield other sugars 0
- noun monosaccharide a carbohydrate, CxH2xOx, not decomposable by hydrolysis; esp., a hexose sugar, C6H12O6, as glucose, fructose, or galactose 0
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Origin of monosaccharide
First appearance:
before 1895 One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900; mono- + saccharide
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Parts of speech for Monosaccharide
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monosaccharide popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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noun monosaccharide
- sugar — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- starch — a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- lactose — Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- glucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- cellulose — Cellulose is a substance that exists in the cell walls of plants and is used to make paper, plastic, and various fabrics and fibres.
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