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1. carbohydrates
   (CHO) Type: Term Pronunciation: kar′bō-hī′drāts Definitions: 1. Class name for the aldehydic or ketonic derivatives of polyhydric alcohols, the name being derived from the fact that the most common monomeric examples of such compounds have formulas that may be written as C_n(H₂O...
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2. carbohydrates
   class of biochemical compounds which includes sugars, starch, chitin, and steroids.
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3. Carbohydrates
   Starches, sugar, cellulose, fibres and woody materials. They are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in the ratio of 2 molecules of hydrogen to 1 of oxygen. They are a major source of energy for the animal.
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4. carbohydrates
   (Humans as organisms) food group consisting of sugars, starch and cellulose. They are vital for energy in humans and will be stored as fats if eaten in excess. In plants, carbohydrates are important for photosynthesis.
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5. Carbohydrates
   are an important source of energy as food. They are organic compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen., usually with the hydrogen and oxygen in about the same ratio as in water. They include sugars such as sucrose; and polysaccharides such as cellulose, glycogen, starch, and various forms of...
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6. Carbohydrates
   Organic compound containing only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in a characteristic ratio, e.g. starch, sucrose (table sugar), and glucose. They are a basic source of energy, circulating as glucose in the blood stream, and being stored as glycogen in virtually all body tissues, but mainly in the liver ...
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7. carbohydrates
   The major energy source within plants and animals: sugars, starches and glucose polymers.
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8. Carbohydrates
   One of the nutrients that supply calories to the body to give it energy. Bread, pasta, rice, potatoes and cereals are examples of carbohydrates
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9. Carbohydrates
   Carbohydrates: Mainly sugars and starches, together constituting one of the three principal types of nutrients used as energy sources (calories) by the body. Carbohydrates can also be defined chemically as neutral compounds of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Carbohydrates come in simple forms such as s...
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10. carbohydrates
    Very abundant compounds with the general formula Cn(H2O)n. The smallest are monosaccharides like glucose; polysaccharides (eg. starch, cellulose, glycogen) can be large and indeterminate in length.
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11. carbohydrates
    A class of aldehyde or ketone derivatives of polyhydric alcohols, particularly of the pentahydric and hexahydric alcohols. They are so named because the hydrogen and oxygen are usually in the proportion to form water, cn(h2o)n. The most important include the small sugars as well as the large starche...
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12. Carbohydrates
    A group of organic compounds, including sugars, starches and fiber, that is a major source of energy for animals.
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13. carbohydrates
    Foods made up of sugars or starches.
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14. Carbohydrates
    Mainly sugars and starches, together constituting one of the three principal types of nutrients used as energy sources (calories) by the body. Carbohydrates can also be defined chemically as neutral compounds of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
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15. carbohydrates
    compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, including sugars and starches.
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16. CARBOHYDRATES
    Sugars and starches derived chiefly from fruits and vegetables sources that contain set amount of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
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17. Carbohydrates
    Carbohydrates (from 'hydrates of carbon') or saccharides are the most abundant class of organic compounds found in living organisms. They fill numerous roles in living things, such as the storage and transport of energy and structural components.
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18. carbohydrates
    Carbohydrates are a group of organic compounds that contain carbon in combination with the same proportion of hydrogen and oxygen (as in water). All starches and sugars are carbohydrates. The body receives a large amount of heat and energy from carbohydrate foods. The body changes all carbohydrates into simple sugar and the surplus is stored in ...
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19. Carbohydrates
    A group of organic compounds, including sugars, starches and fiber, that is a major source of energy for animals.
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20. Carbohydrates
    Mainly sugars and starches, together constituting one of the three principal types of nutrients used as energy sources (calories) by the body. Carbohydrates can also be defined chemically as neutral compounds of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
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21. carbohydrates
    Organic molecules composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that serve as energy sources and structural materials for cells of all organisms.
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