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carbohydratenoun(organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.
saccharidenoun(biochemistry) The unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula CₙH₂ₙOₙ. Either the simple sugars or polymers such as starch and cellulose. The saccharides exist in either a ring or short chain conformation, and typically contain five or six carbon atoms.
refined sugarnounSynonym of crushed sugar.
carbohydratesnoun(organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.
carbsnoun(drugs) The hole on a pipe which is covered and opened to control the inflow of air.
lumpsnoun(informal) A beating or verbal abuse.
sucresnounThe former currency of Ecuador, divided into 100 centavos.
sucrosenoun(biochemistry) A disaccharide with formula C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.
lactosenoun(biochemistry) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.
maltosenoun(biochemistry) A disaccharide, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase; it is an isomer of trehalose
galactosenoun(biochemistry) A monosaccharide found, along with lactose, in dairy products, and is synthesized by the body where it is found associated with glycolipids and glycoproteins.
glucosenoun(biochemistry) A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C₆H₁₂O₆; a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.
fructosenoun(biochemistry) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C₆H₁₂O₆.
ribosenoun(biochemistry) A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that constitute the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.
mannosenoun(organic chemistry) A monosaccharide aldohexose found in manna and other legumes.
cellobiosenoun(biochemistry) A disaccharide, found mainly as a repeat unit in cellulose, in which two glucose units are joined with a 1, 4-β linkage
raffinosenoun(biochemistry) A trisaccharide, composed of galactose, glucose and fructose, that is widely distributed in many plants.
dextrosenounThe naturally occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule.
saccharosenoun(biochemistry) sugar, especially sucrose
trehalosenoun(biochemistry) A disaccharide formed from two glucose units; it is an isomer of maltose.

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