saccharide

sac·cha·ride

 (săk′ə-rīd′)

n.

Any of a series of sweet-tasting carbohydrates, especially a simple sugar or an oligomer or polymer of simple sugars.

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saccharide

(ˈsækəˌraɪd; -rɪd)

n

(Elements & Compounds) any sugar or other carbohydrate, esp a simple sugar

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sac•cha•ride

(ˈsæk əˌraɪd, -ər ɪd)

n.

1. an organic compound containing a sugar or sugars.

2. a simple sugar; monosaccharide.

3. an ester of sucrose.

[1855–60]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

saccharide - an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain carbohydrate, sugar ribose - a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid beet sugar - sugar made from sugar beets cane sugar - sucrose obtained from sugar cane deoxyribose - a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids invert sugar - a mixture of equal parts of glucose and fructose resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose; found naturally in fruits; sweeter than glucose macromolecule, supermolecule - any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals maple sugar - sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar - a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates oligosaccharide - any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis polyose, polysaccharide - any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules jaggary, jaggery, jagghery - unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap wood sugar, xylose - a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics

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Translations

sakkaridi

diholosidesaccaridesaccharide

sacharyd

sackarid

sac·cha·ride

n. sacárido, compuesto químico que pertenece a una serie de carbohidratos que incluye los azúcares.

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