monosaccharide
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1. a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | triose, |
| definition | : | any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | tetrose, |
| definition | : | any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | pentose, |
| definition | : | any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | hexose, |
| definition | : | a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | aldose, |
| definition | : | a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | ketose, |
| definition | : | any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal (noun.substance) |
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