carbohydrate

  • 31carbohydrate-induced hyperlipemia — elevated blood lipids, particularly triglycerides, after carbohydrate ingestion; it is characteristic of disorders with type IV or type V hyperlipoproteinemia phenotypes and is sometimes used as a synonym for these phenotypes or for the genetic… …

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  • 32carbohydrate moiety — a carbohydrate derived portion of the structure of a molecule …

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  • 33carbohydrate utilization test — any of several tests for identification of yeasts and certain other organisms according to a profile of carbohydrate assimilation …

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  • 34carbohydrate loading — /kabəhaɪdreɪt ˈloʊdɪŋ/ (say kahuhhuydrayt lohding) noun a strategy, employed especially by those involved in sports requiring long term endurance, such as long distance running and cycling, which involves increasing one s intake of carbohydrate… …

  • 35carbohydrate — noun Date: circa 1869 any of various neutral compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen (as sugars, starches, and celluloses) most of which are formed by green plants and which constitute a major class of animal foods …

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  • 36Carbohydrate — Glucide Les glucides sont une classe de molécules de la chimie organique, historiquement appelés hydrates de carambol. Leur formule chimique est basée sur le modèle Cn(H2O)p (d où l appellation historique). Cependant, ce modèle n est pas valable… …

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  • 37carbohydrate — noun /kɑːbəʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt,kɑːɹboʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/ A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant; a saccharide. These microbes are primarily responsible for breaking down cellulose and other carbohydrates into volatile …

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  • 38carbohydrate — Synonyms and related words: barley sugar, beet sugar, cellulose, clinical dextran, deoxyribose, dextran, dextrose, erythrose, fructose, galactose, glucose, glycogen, grape sugar, hydroxy aldehyde, hydroxy ketone, lactose, levulose, lyxose, maple… …

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  • 39carbohydrate — car|bo|hy|drate [ˌka:bəuˈhaıdreıt, drıt US ˌka:rbou ] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: carbon + hydrate] 1.) [U and C] technical a substance that is in foods such as sugar, bread, potatoes etc, which provides your body with heat and energy and which… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 40carbohydrate — car|bo|hy|drate [ ,karbou haı,dreıt ] noun count or uncount a substance found in foods such as sugar, bread, and potatoes. Carbohydrates supply your body with heat and energy. a. count a food that contains carbohydrates …

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