Carbohydrate

n.

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(Physiol. Chem.) One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose, C6H12O6.

Noun

1.

carbohydrate - 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 Synonyms: saccharide, sugar

Pronunciation: (kar-bow-HIGH-drate) one of the three main nutrients in food. Foods that provide carbohydrate are starches, vegetables, fruits, dairy products, and sugars.

barley sugar, beet sugar, cellulose, clinical dextran, deoxyribose, dextran, dextrose, erythrose, fructose, galactose, glucose, glycogen, grape sugar, hydroxy aldehyde, hydroxy ketone, lactose, levulose, lyxose, maple sugar, molasses, monosaccharide, nipa sugar, pentose sugar, polysaccharide, polysaccharose, raffinose, saccharide, starch, sucrose, sugar, tree molasses, trisaccharide

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