"monosaccharide" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: monosaccharides [plural]
Etymology: From mono- + saccharide. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mono|saccharide}} mono- + saccharide Head templates: {{en-noun}} monosaccharide (plural monosaccharides)
  1. (biochemistry) A simple sugar such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose that has a single ring Wikipedia link: monosaccharide Categories (topical): Carbohydrates Synonyms: monosugar, simple sugar, monosaccharide Hypernyms: carbohydrate Coordinate_terms: disaccharide, trisaccharide, tetrasaccharide, oligosaccharide, polysaccharide Translations (a simple sugar, composed of a single ring): monosacàrid [masculine] (Catalan), 單醣 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 单糖 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 單糖 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 单糖 (tan-thn̂g) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 單醣 (Chinese Cantonese), 单糖 or 單糖 (daan¹ tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 单糖 (daan¹ tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 單醣 (Chinese Mandarin), 单糖 or 單糖 (dāntáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 单糖 (dāntáng) (Chinese Mandarin), monosacharid [masculine] (Czech), monosakarido (Esperanto), monosakkaridi (Finnish), monosaccharide [masculine] (French), ose [masculine] (French), მონოსაქარიდი (monosakaridi) (Georgian), Monosaccharid [neuter] (German), monoszacharid (Hungarian), monosaccaride [masculine] (Italian), 単糖 (tantō) (alt: たんとう) (Japanese), monosacharyd [masculine] (Polish), monossacarídeo [masculine] (Portuguese), monossacarídio [masculine] (Portuguese), monozaharidă [feminine] (Romanian), моносахарид (monosaxarid) [masculine] (Russian), monosaharid [masculine] (Slovene), monosacárido [masculine] (Spanish), monosackarid [common-gender] (Swedish), monosakkarit (Turkish)

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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a simple sugar, composed of a single ring",
      "word": "monosakkarit"
    }
  ],
  "word": "monosaccharide"
}

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