"monosaccharide" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: monosaccharide [singular], monosaccharides [plural]
Etymology: mono- + saccharide Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|mono|saccharide}} mono- + saccharide Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A monosaccharide is a simple sugar, such as glucose, fructose or galactose, that cannot be broken up into a simpler form.
    Sense id: simple-monosaccharide-en-noun-DZIa7BsR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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