MONOSACCHARIDE - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates
Categories: Carbohydrate, Saccharide, Sugar
Synonyms
Simple sugar, Monosaccharide, Monosaccharose
🔗 Related Words
mono – A related word in the same word family.
saccharide – A related word in the same word family.
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