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carbohydrate

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

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Six example sentences with carbohydrate, each labelled with its topic.

  • Runners load up on carbohydrate the night before a marathon so their muscles start the race with full stores.

    Fitness

  • Rice, potatoes and bread deliver most of the carbohydrate here, so the chef balances them with plenty of greens.

    Cooking

  • Patients learn to count each carbohydrate on the plate before deciding how much insulin the meal will require.

    Medicine

  • Plants build every carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water, storing sunlight in the chemical bonds of starch.

    Science

  • The trainer serves pasta three hours before tip-off so each player's carbohydrate stores are full by the fourth quarter.

    Basketball

  • For generations the potato supplied most of the carbohydrate in an Irish diet, which made the blight of 1845 catastrophic.

    History

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