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CARBOHYDRATE

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 304 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CARBOHYDRATE , in See also:

chemistry, the generic name for compounds empirically represented by the See also:formula C,,(See also:H2O),.. They are essentially See also:vegetable products, and include the sugars, starches, gums and celluloses (q.v.).

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