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      monosaccharide
      noun
      a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars
      Roots
      monosmono- · Greek · single, onesakcharonsacchar- · Greek · sugaride-ide · Greek · chemical compound
      Words related to monosaccharide
      triosentrisaccharidendisaccharidenketosensaccharidenhexosenheptosealdopentosealdohexosenfuranoseglycosepyranoseoligosaccharidenpentosenhexosanrhamnosefuranosidepyranosidegalactosenraffinosenaldosenmannosefucosecarbohydratencellobiosesorboselevulosenarabinosepolysaccharidenpyranoidadj

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      Where does monosaccharide come from?

      The word monosaccharide breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: mono-, from Greek monos (“single, one”); sacchar, from Greek sakcharon (“sugar”); and -ide, from Greek ide (“chemical compound”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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