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 mono·sac·cha·ride /ˌmɑnəˈsækəˌraɪd/
 單糖

 mono·sac·cha·ride /ˌmɑnəˈsækəˌraɪd/ 名詞
 單糖

 Mon·o·sac·cha·ride n. Also -rid .  Chem. A simple sugar; any of a number of sugars (including the trioses, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses, etc.), not decomposable into simpler sugars by hydrolysis. Specif., as used by some, a hexose.  The monosaccharides are all open-chain compounds containing hydroxyl groups and either an aldehyde group or a ketone group.
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 monosaccharide
      n : a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse
          to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates
          [syn: monosaccharose, simple sugar]