MONOSACCHARIDE


Meaning of MONOSACCHARIDE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌmä-nə-ˈsa-kə-ˌrīd ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1896

: a sugar that is not decomposable into simpler sugars by hydrolysis, is classed as either an aldose or ketose, and contains one or more hydroxyl groups per molecule — called also simple sugar

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