Meanings
nounpseudomonosaccharide (plural pseudomonosaccharides)
plural pseudomonosaccharides
- chemistryThe pseudosaccharide form of a monosaccharide
Origin
- Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
- Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
- Middle Englishpseudo-
- Englishpseudo-
- Proto-Indo-European*men-
- Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
- Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
- Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
- Englishmono-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
- Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
- Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
- Palisakkharā
- Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
- Latinsaccharon
- Latinsaccharum
- Englishsaccharo-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englishsaccharide
- Englishmonosaccharide
- Englishpseudomonosaccharide
From pseudo- + monosaccharide.
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APA
pseudomonosaccharide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudomonosaccharide
MLA
“pseudomonosaccharide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudomonosaccharide. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudomonosaccharide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudomonosaccharide.
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