carbohydrate

Car`bo*hy"drate, n. Etym: [Carbon + hydrate.] (Physiol. Chem.) Defn: One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose,

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