"monosaccharide" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɒn.əʊˈsæk.əˌɹaɪd/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Tesco250-monosaccharide.wav [UK] Forms: monosaccharides [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Pali sakkharābor. Ancient Greek σάκχαρ (sákkhar)bor. Latin saccharon Latin saccharum English saccharo- English -ide English saccharide English monosaccharide From mono- + saccharide. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|mono-|saccharide|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Pali sakkharābor. Ancient Greek σάκχαρ (sákkhar)bor. Latin saccharon Latin saccharum English saccharo- English -ide English saccharide English monosaccharide [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "small", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*men-", "gloss" : "small", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*mónwos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μόνος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μονο-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mono-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "gravel", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱorkeh₂", "gloss" : "gravel", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-Iranian", "term" : "*ćárkaraH", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "iir-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-Aryan", "term" : "*śárkaraH", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "inc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Sanskrit", "term" : "शर्क॑रा", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sa" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Pali", "term" : "sakkharā", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "pi" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "σάκχαρ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "saccharon", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "saccharum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "saccharo-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ide", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "saccharide", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "monosaccharide", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="monosaccharide"> From mono- + saccharide. Head templates: {{en-noun}} monosaccharide (plural monosaccharides)
  1. (biochemistry) A simple sugar that has a single ring, such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose. Synonyms: monosugar, simple sugar, monosaccharide Hypernyms: carbohydrate Derived forms: aminomonosaccharide, pseudomonosaccharide Coordinate_terms: disaccharide, trisaccharide, tetrasaccharide, oligosaccharide, polysaccharide Translations (simple sugar composed of a single ring): monosacàrid [masculine] (Catalan), 單糖 /单糖 (tan-thn̂g) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 單醣 /单糖 (tan-thn̂g) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 單糖 /单糖 (daan¹ tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 單醣 /单糖 (daan¹ tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 單糖 /单糖 (dāntáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 單醣 /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), monosakarida (Malay), 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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