anhydrosugar

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

anhydro- +‎ sugar

Noun[edit]

anhydrosugar (plural anhydrosugars)

  1. (biochemistry) An intramolecular ether formed by the loss of the elements of water from neighbouring hydroxyl groups of a sugar
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