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monosaccharide
monosaccharide definition
mono·sac·cha·ride (män′ō sak′ə rīd′)
noun
a carbohydrate, CHO, not decomposable by hydrolysis; esp., a hexose sugar, CHO, as glucose, fructose, or galactose
Etymology: mono- + saccharide
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