saccharide

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Etymology

From saccharo- +‎ -ide.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsæk.əˌɹaɪd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsæk.əˌɹaɪd/, /ˈsæk.ɚ.ɪd/
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Noun

saccharide (plural saccharides)

  1. (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.
    • 1895, Richard Lloyd Whiteley, chapter XXXV, in Organic Chemistry: The Fatty Compounds‎, London, New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 263:
      The saccharides include such substances as dextrose and levulose, which are typical examples of the two classes into which these bodies are divisible, viz. the Aldoses and Ketoses.

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Noun

saccharide m (plural saccharides)

  1. (chemistry) Alternative form of saccaride

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