Chem. [f. CARBO- + HYDRATE, q.v.] An organic compound of carbon with oxygen and hydrogen in the proportion to form water. They are divided into Sugars proper (C12 H22 O11), Grape-sugars or Glucoses (C6 H12 O6.), and Amyloses, comprising starch and woody fiber (C6 H10 O5).
1869. Roscoe, Elem. Chem., 393.
1876. trans. Wagner’s Gen. Pathol., 531. Carbo-hydrates … and fats serve chiefly to the production of heat, and of vital force.
1882. Vines, Sachs’ Bot., 668. Cell-walls and starch-grains … consist mainly of carbohydrates insoluble in water.
