English noun: monosaccharide | |||
1. | monosaccharide (substance) a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates | ||
Synonyms | monosaccharose, simple sugar | ||
Broader (hypernym) | carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | aldose, hexose, ketose, pentose, tetrose, triose | ||