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What is a monosaccharide?

What is a monosaccharide? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) A simple sugar such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose that has a single ring.
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Homopolysaccharides are defined as polysaccharides formed from only one type of monosaccharide.
These calculations indicate that the strength of key mannose-protein interactions at the monosaccharide site is preserved in both the oligosaccharides.
Another common monosaccharide is fructose, also naturally present in plants, and abundant in honey.
Fructose, either as a monosaccharide or in sucrose, was also found to decrease the negative effects of ethanol in rats.
The formation of caramel from sugars originating from a monosaccharide or disaccharide.
For calibration, standard monosaccharide solutions and inositol were used.

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