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Webster 1913 Edition
Carbohydrate
Carˊbo-hy′drate
,Noun.
[
Carbon
+ hydrate
.] (Physiol. Chem.)
One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose,
C6H12O6
.