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Monosaccharide

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
monosaccharosesimple sugar
plural
Monosaccharides
possessive
Monosaccharide's
pluralpossessive
Monosaccharides'