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monosaccharide

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mender. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Pali sakkharābor. Ancient Greek σάκχᾰρον (sákkhăron)bor. Latin saccharon Latin saccharum English saccharo- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English saccharide English monosaccharide From mono- + saccharide.

  1. derived from -ide English saccharide English monosaccharide From mono- + saccharide
  2. derived from *-iðos Latin -idusder✻
  3. derived from saccharon Latin saccharum English saccharo- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der
  4. derived from sakkharābor
  5. derived from *mender✻

Definitions

  1. A simple sugar that has a single ring, such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at monosaccharide. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01monosaccharide02fructose03sugar04sucrose05disaccharide06maltose07trehalose08glucose

A definitional loop anchored at monosaccharide. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at monosaccharide

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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