A sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars

• The simplest group of carbohydrates

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context carbohydrate English) A simple sugar such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose that has a single ring.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Monosaccharide \Mon`o*sac"cha*ride\, n. Also -rid \-rid\ . [Mono- + saccharide.] (Chem.) A simple sugar; any of a number of sugars (including the trioses, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses, etc.), not decomposable into simpler sugars by hydrolysis. Specif., as ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates [syn: monosaccharose , simple sugar ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Monosaccharides (from Greek monos : single, sacchar : sugar), also called simple sugars , are the most basic units of carbohydrates . They are fundamental units of carbohydrates and cannot be further hydrolised to simpler compounds. The general formula ...