saccharide

From saccharo- +‎ -ide.

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

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saccharide (plural saccharides)

1. (biochemistry) The unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula C_nH_2nO_n. 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.

• See also Thesaurus:carbohydrate

• IPA^(key): /sa.ka.ʁid/

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saccharide m (plural saccharides)

1. (chemistry) Alternative form of saccaride

• “saccharide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.