monosaccharide

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Noun

monosaccharide (plural monosaccharides)

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

Translations

a simple sugar, composed of a single ring

Esperanto: monosakarido (eo) Finnish: monosakkaridi (fi) French: monosaccharide (fr) m. German: Monosaccharid (de) n.

Italian: monosaccaride (it) m. Japanese: 単糖 (ja) (たんとう, tantō) Spanish: monosacárido (es) m. Swedish: monosackarid (sv) c.

Hyponyms

• triose
• tetrose
• pentose
• hexose
• heptose
• See also Wikisaurus:monosaccharide

Coordinate terms

• disaccharide
• trisaccharide
• tetrasaccharide
• oligosaccharide
• polysaccharide