|  monosaccharide 
 
 a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars;
 the simplest group of carbohydrates
 • Syn:
 monosaccharose, simple sugar
 • Hypernyms:
 carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar
 • Hyponyms:
 triose, tetrose, pentose, hexose, aldose, ketose
 
 
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