MONOSACCHARIDE
monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar
(noun) a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
monosaccharide (plural monosaccharides)
(carbohydrate) A simple sugar such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose that has a single ring
Synonyms
• monosugar
• simple sugar
Hyponyms
• triose
• tetrose
• pentose
• hexose
• heptose
• See also monosaccharide
Coordinate terms
• disaccharide
• trisaccharide
• tetrasaccharide
• oligosaccharide
• polysaccharide
Source: Wiktionary
Mon`o*sac"cha*ride, n. Also -rid . [Mono- + saccharide.] (Chem.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition