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Sugars (medicine) and pension 2, verb (oh)


Sugars (medicine)


sugars


Those carbohydrates (saccharides) having the General composition (CH2O)n and simple Derivatives thereof. Although the simple monomeric sugars (glycoses) are often written as polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones, e.g., HOCH2-(CHOH)4-CHO for aldohexoses (e.g., glucose) or HOCH2-(CHOH)3-CO-CH2OH for 2-ketoses (e.g., fructose), cyclization can give rise to varied structures as described below. Sugars are generally identifiable by the ending -ose or, if in combination with a nonsugar (aglycon), -oside or -osyl. Sugars especially d-glucose, are the chief source of energy, by oxidation, in Nature, and they and their Derivatives (e.g., d-glucosamine, d-glucuronic acid), in polymeric form, are major constituents of mucoproteins, bacterial cell walls, and plant structural material (e.g., cellulose). Sugars are often found in combination with steroids (steroid glycosides) and Other aglycons.


pension 2, verb (oh)



2 v BrE
pension off [pension sb/sth ¡û¡ú off]
to make someone leave their job when they are old or ill, and pay them a pension
::Not everyone wants to be pensioned off at 65.
informal to get rid of something because it is old or not useful any more
::Many of the old ships have been pensioned off.