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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mon·o·sac·cha·ride n. Also -rid .  Chem. A simple sugar; any of a number of sugars (including the trioses, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses, etc.), not decomposable into simpler sugars by hydrolysis. Specif., as used by some, a hexose.  The monosaccharides are all open-chain compounds containing hydroxyl groups and either an aldehyde group or a ketone group.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tri·sac·cha·ride n. Also -rid. Chem. A complex sugar, as raffinose, yielding by hydrolysis three simple sugar molecules.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 rid
      v : relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests" [syn: free, disembarrass]
      [also: ridding, ridded]