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mon|o|sac|cha|ride
mon|o|sac|cha|ride «MON uh SAK uh ryd, -uhr ihd», noun.
any one of a class of simple sugars, such as glucose, fructose, and rabinose, that occur naturally or are formed by hydrolyzing polysaccharides or glycosides: »

Monosaccharides…are made up of a chain of five or six carbon atoms, which cannot be broken down by enzymes or dilute acids (Dexter French).

[< mono- + saccharide]

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