Carbohydrate

Word CARBOHYDRATE
Character 12
Hyphenation car bo hy drate
Pronunciations /kɑːbəʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Carbohydrate"

What do we mean by carbohydrate?

Any of a group of organic compounds that includes sugars, starches, celluloses, and gums and serves as a major energy source in the diet of animals. These compounds are produced by photosynthetic plants and contain only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, usually in the ratio 1:2:1. noun

A general name for a group of organic bodies containing 6 carbon atoms or some multiple of 6, and hydrogen and oxygen in the proportion in which they form water (H2O), that is, twice as many hydrogen as oxygen atoms, as starch, sugar, and cellulose. Also carbhydrate. noun

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, C6H12O6. noun

A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant; a saccharide. noun

An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain noun

(nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.

(by extension, metonym) Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates.

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The word "carbohydrate" in example sentences

The other three elements, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, go to make up the carbohydrates; in fact, it is from the names of these three elements that the term carbohydrate is derived. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

While the facts just brought out have much to do with food economy, they are of interest here chiefly because they help to make clear the term carbohydrate, which, as will be admitted, is the only correct name for the food substance it represents. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

And this is where the name carbohydrate comes from - "carbo" represents the carbon atoms, while the oxygen and hydrogen atoms represent water, or "hydrates". ❋ Unknown (2011)

Haworth did outstanding work in carbohydrate chemistry, establishing the ring structure of glucose. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Eating a great deal of carbohydrate is not good for the subset of the population with inherited insulin resistance, because it tends to make the condition worse. ❋ Unknown (2010)

MAF controls the production of insulin, glucagon and glucagon-like peptides, which play a role both in carbohydrate metabolism as well as food intake. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There are also individual alterations in carbohydrate, protein, and fat metabolism. ❋ Steve Carper (2007)

Cutting carbs from your diet may have short-term weight loss benefits due to water loss from a decrease in carbohydrate stores, but eating carbs in moderation does not directly lead to weight gain. ❋ Unknown (2007)

What is commonly called carbohydrate addiction should probably be relabeled as calorie addiction,” she added. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A lot of the body's stored carbohydrate is burned while sleeping, and that's energy the brain needs to have a productive morning. ❋ Unknown (2005)

"A lot of your body's stored carbohydrate is burned up as you sleep, and that's energy your brain needs in order to have a productive morning." ❋ Unknown (2005)

Oysters, on the other hand, are quite high in carbohydrate with 12.5 grams per six ounces exceeded in the common seafood category only by conch at 26.4 grams per six ounces. ❋ Unknown (2005)

If the body tends to resort to gluconeogenesis for glucose during a short-term carbohydrate deficit, are those who inconsistently reduce carb intake only messing things up by not effecting full blown ketosis? ❋ Unknown (2007)

However, when it comes to metabolism, the only dairy product we refer to as a carbohydrate is yogurt. ❋ Lyssie Lakatos (2004)

To each carbohydrate is attached one of the four nitrogen-containing bases: ❋ Unknown (1989)

Professor Bernardo A. Houssay on the role of the adrenalin carbohydrate metabolism. ❋ Unknown (1971)

The patients were warned that when these reactions occurred they were to obtain carbohydrate immediately. ❋ Unknown (1965)

The severe diabetic, whose ability to burn carbohydrate is markedly impaired, has a persistently low respiratory quotient, from 0.7 to 0.8, which is but little raised by the ingestion of glucose: when glucose and insulin are given together, the respiratory quotient is markedly increased, showing that carbohydrate is being metabolized. ❋ Unknown (1965)

Macleod had, before this discovery, been interested in carbohydrate metabolism and especially in diabetes since 1905 and he had published some 37 papers on carbohydrate metabolism and 12 papers on experimentally produced glycosuria. ❋ Unknown (1965)

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