monosaccharide
noun
mono·sac·cha·ride
ˌmä-nə-ˈsa-kə-ˌrīd
: a sugar that is not decomposable into simpler sugars by hydrolysis, is classed as either an aldose or ketose, and contains one or more hydroxyl groups per molecule
called also simple sugar
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