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monosaccharide

monosaccharide

English

Noun

monosaccharide ‎(plural monosaccharides)

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

Hyponyms

triose
tetrose
pentose
hexose
heptose
See also Wikisaurus:monosaccharide

Coordinate terms

Translations

a simple sugar, composed of a single ring

Catalan: monosacàrid m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 單醣 or 單糖, 单糖 ‎(daan¹ tong⁴)

Mandarin: 單醣 (zh) or 單糖 (zh), 单糖 (zh) ‎(dāntáng)

Min Nan: 單醣, 單糖, 单糖 ‎(tan-thn̂g)
Esperanto: monosakarido
Finnish: monosakkaridi (fi)
French: monosaccharide (fr) m, ose (fr) m

German: Monosaccharid (de) n
Hungarian: monoszacharid
Italian: monosaccaride (it) m
Japanese: 単糖 ‎(たんとう, tantō)
Portuguese: monossacarídeo m, monossacarídio m
Romanian: monozaharidă (ro) f
Spanish: monosacárido m
Swedish: monosackarid (sv) c

French

Etymology

mono- +‎ saccharide

Noun

monosaccharide m ‎(plural monosaccharides)

monosaccharide