Monosaccharide

Full definition of monosaccharide

Noun

1. (carbohydrate) A simple sugar such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose that has a single ring.

Hyponyms

• triose
• tetrose
• pentose
• hexose
• heptose

Coordinate terms

• disaccharide
• trisaccharide
• tetrasaccharide
• oligosaccharide
• polysaccharide